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Culture and language are complex beasts. They are not something that can be dismantled and re-configured with ease.[/quote]
Well actually it is pretty easy for kids under 14. Going from Spanish to English is not that huge of a leap. A complex beast. Hardly. My stepdaughter spoke zero English when she came to the USA at age 9. Her native language was Spanish. She was fluent in English a year later and now at 14 she speaks better English than most adults who were born in the USA. It’s has a lot to do with the parent(s),the school of choice, and the child’s friends. It can be done. Saying Spanish kids aren’t learning English faster because language is a complex beast is a cop-out.
