I recently sat next to a young Thai, aged 24, who went to N.Z. at the age of 9.MrPlum wrote:Her spoken English is now quite good but written is still poor.prcscct wrote:Yes, my 3rd Grader uses it every weekend to brush up on things, mainly math at present. She's been using it for 2 years now, and in 2nd Grade last year it was actually part of her teacher assigned homework.
He said that he left these shores with no English language ability whatsoever.
His English pronunciation was flawless, due, he said, to being totally immersed in the language.
He now has a degree in computer science; however, he admitted that his written work is still a problem.
His revelation that written work is a problem is because the two languages are so fundamentally different.
He was a breath of fresh air to me.
Take heart, that whilst your daughter may always find written work to be a problem, it's nothing to be overly concerned about.
