Helping Your Expat Children to Learn a Foreign Language

Family support and encouragement – If your kids show interest to learn a foreign language with a private tutor before the overseas relocation then it can help to increase their self confidence. However, don’t force it on your kids; In any case most learning will be done overseas. At the target country it is important to encourage your kids to practice the language, to explain that mistakes are allowed, and to show empathy to their difficulties.

According to some researchers it takes from 6 months to 1.5 years and contains the following stages:

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  The kid is put in kindergarten/school and continues to speak his native language.
  
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