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Originally Posted by Leto
luckily all 3 of my kids are bilingual English / Cantonese due to being looked after by their maternal grandmother while us parents were at work. In Toronto, they have found it especially useful, as Cantonese is much more prevalent than Mandarin. It doesn't hinder their understanding of the Official Chinese Language (which to my limited understanding is far less lyrical and sounds harsher than Cantonese).
They did take the requisite French classes in school up to high school level (or are still taking it) but there is very little usage of it in our environment.
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We hosted an exchange student a few years ago, he was from Norway but his parents were Vietnamese. He knew Norwegian, Vietnamese, English, French, German and "a little" Spanish. He was, self-described, an average student. The US is so far behind in teaching language skills it is embarrassing.