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When a family moves to a new country they need to think about how |
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they will maintain their own language and
their |
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children to learn a new one. Not
the experience |
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of being dropped into a group of people who do not speak their language |
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can be
for children - although there is plenty of |
PUZZLE |
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to show that very young children seem to cope |
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much more easily than their parents! |
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In a new country, there are moments when the children need |
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from their parents and when it may |
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be more crucial than ever to maintain routines which are |
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important such as story-telling in the home |
EMOTION |
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language. These routines
a shared history and |
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the permanence of the
relationship between parent and |
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child. It is
not to start speaking the new language |
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to your child when at home. |
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