Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!feed.news.qwest.net!news.uswest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Bryce" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan References: <13aaccf7.0310162114.4ee5aae1@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: International children Lines: 19 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 11:16:50 -0700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.160.95.12 X-Trace: news.uswest.net 1066414611 216.160.95.12 (Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:16:51 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:16:51 CDT Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:6624 "Anonymous Gaijin" wrote in message news:13aaccf7.0310162114.4ee5aae1@posting.google.com... > I've been in Japan 4.5 years, have a Japanese wife and a 4 year old > daughter. We are planning to move to England next summer. Our > daughter's Japanese is equivalent to a Japanese 4 year old, but > her English is very poor. Japanese friends assure us that she will > pick up English in no time and will probably forget Japanese. > Ideally I would like her to be fluent in both languages, like > Hirofumi Nagamura in sci.lang.japan. I'm also worried about the > effect of moving to a different country will have on a young child. > Any advice on making the move easier for her or preventing her > from forgetting Japanese gratefully received. I agree. Just speak Japanese at home all the time. That will keep them into it.