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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 515781" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Yes, I see. As you say, the "experts" have a field day with disagreeing on this! I'm just interested in the area because I think, through circumstances, something odd has happened for J and he doesn't have a mother tongue... English is really not it, although it was his first language - he communicates fluently but it is definitely not at the level of a native speaker child. And then his French is better than his English but still not at the level, in terms of vocabulary, of a native speaker child... So I hope the idea that it all sorts itself out by the age of 9 or so is quite right! Added to that is his Arabic, which he understands and speaks a little of... What I've understood in all this, I think, is that bilingualism takes some level of work, that it doesn't all just happen by itself. Lots of exposure via stories, different contexts of exposure, etc. </p><p>But the problem you are facing with Sweet Pea is not there, it seems. You've caught it so early! This can only be a very good thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 515781, member: 11227"] Yes, I see. As you say, the "experts" have a field day with disagreeing on this! I'm just interested in the area because I think, through circumstances, something odd has happened for J and he doesn't have a mother tongue... English is really not it, although it was his first language - he communicates fluently but it is definitely not at the level of a native speaker child. And then his French is better than his English but still not at the level, in terms of vocabulary, of a native speaker child... So I hope the idea that it all sorts itself out by the age of 9 or so is quite right! Added to that is his Arabic, which he understands and speaks a little of... What I've understood in all this, I think, is that bilingualism takes some level of work, that it doesn't all just happen by itself. Lots of exposure via stories, different contexts of exposure, etc. But the problem you are facing with Sweet Pea is not there, it seems. You've caught it so early! This can only be a very good thing. [/QUOTE]
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