So, when we went to Ethiopia our kids knew very very little English. We were told that our oldest Grace would know some. First we met Ella. When we met her we were surprised to find out that she was speaking English a little. The other two didn't speak much. But we soon found out that Grace understood even though Ella seemed to have a better command of English.
So when we got home Ella would get in trouble from chattting incessantly in Amharic and insulting her siblings in Amharic. One time Grace was almost crying because Ella had said something. Grace insisted we call my Amharic speaking friend. My Ethiopian friend Yemi got on the phone with me and told me that Ella was calling her sister 'devil' in Amharic.
Later eventhough she could talk and talk she also was the champion when we would play the quiet game...Anyhow, today we received an ENGLISH SECOND LANGUAGE report card. We all had to laugh because although it has only been a year. Her reading, listening etc...we all average but in the area of speaking she is off the graph...Grace's was all even..ELLA's is attached below...see for yourself.
2 comments:
LOL ... speaking is off the chart. Love it!
right , any learning language just need to take time with suitable cultural environment that makes themselves very confidence . .
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