"Anonymous Gaijin" <anonymousgaijin@yahoo.co.uk>, haber iletisinde sunlari
yazdi: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.

In Turkey we have weekend schools for Japanese children who attend regular
Turkish schools. Upon graduation they are awarded with a diploma equivalent
to Japanese 8-year education diploma. I'm sure there are some in UK. I had a
list of those in
Turkey from Japanese embassy. I'm sure Japanese embassy in UK can provide
you more information on this.

Also there is a method widely used by South American and Mexican
immigrants in US. Having the child attending to school in national language
and speaking only the second language at home. Children are smart, they can
handle more than one language if there is a logic to it.

Regards,
Haluk