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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 475805" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Hi Marguerite. Thanks again for your thoughts. I don't think Jacob has any inherent problem with the concepts of male and female - he seemed to grasp that when very young! One of the problems may be - just thinking aloud - that he, typical of ADHD, does everything <strong>too quickly</strong>. He seems very bright, and he is, but I see that there is a real problem with attention to detail unless you stop and slow him down and go over things. I suspect he may have acquired French in the same way, in a bit of a rush, with no one slowing down and explaining basic concepts such as masculine and feminine nouns to him - and of course they didn't do it because he was only 3 when we came to France. As I said, though, the level of his language does not concern me but rather the fact that it does not develop - he is very quick to take on any new word that I introduce, and always asks "what is that?" if I say a word he doesn't know, but his mistakes just remain ingrained. And I was wondering whether that could reflect some kind of learning problem. </p><p>But really I don't know what's happening with J in so many ways. The next year or two will be very determinant (as his teacher says!) in revealing things. How will he take to reading and writing? What one feels with him is that he has this <strong>potential</strong> always, so I really don't know how it will go. I was worried about his writing being so huge and sprawling but the other day he was writing his name all over the place in joined-up letters and it was really very good - quite well-formed, regular letters...</p><p>A child is, by its nature, not a closed book or a finished product. Things are not set in stone. We will see, we will see <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 475805, member: 11227"] Hi Marguerite. Thanks again for your thoughts. I don't think Jacob has any inherent problem with the concepts of male and female - he seemed to grasp that when very young! One of the problems may be - just thinking aloud - that he, typical of ADHD, does everything [B]too quickly[/B]. He seems very bright, and he is, but I see that there is a real problem with attention to detail unless you stop and slow him down and go over things. I suspect he may have acquired French in the same way, in a bit of a rush, with no one slowing down and explaining basic concepts such as masculine and feminine nouns to him - and of course they didn't do it because he was only 3 when we came to France. As I said, though, the level of his language does not concern me but rather the fact that it does not develop - he is very quick to take on any new word that I introduce, and always asks "what is that?" if I say a word he doesn't know, but his mistakes just remain ingrained. And I was wondering whether that could reflect some kind of learning problem. But really I don't know what's happening with J in so many ways. The next year or two will be very determinant (as his teacher says!) in revealing things. How will he take to reading and writing? What one feels with him is that he has this [B]potential[/B] always, so I really don't know how it will go. I was worried about his writing being so huge and sprawling but the other day he was writing his name all over the place in joined-up letters and it was really very good - quite well-formed, regular letters... A child is, by its nature, not a closed book or a finished product. Things are not set in stone. We will see, we will see :) [/QUOTE]
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