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He's back from foreign exchange

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Well HE DID IT!

13 yr old AS has just arrived back from his German exchange.

He said the family were lovely and he'd like to go again next year.

 

A huge step for somebody who 18 months ago wouldn't even go in an unfamiliar shop on his own!

 

 

Nice one Son. I'm so proud of you!

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Well done!!!! :bat:

 

I have found that for myself, sometimes I am very good at getting around in a completely unfamiliar place, simply because for me it is difficult to navigate (not spatially/location-wise, I have an exceptional sense of direction, I mean more from the PoV of getting confused by too many people, noise etc.) *anywhere* so I have an advantage in a way when I go somewhere that is completely different.

 

Also, I have found that immersion in another language can actually help me understand language in general better - I grew up in Switzerland speaking Swiss German (a dialect that differs greatly from written German) and later learning German from TV and then through books. It was only after a few years in England that certain things (like levels of meaning beyond the literal) suddenly clicked, and I mean things that I had not managed to get my head round in my own mother tongue in 20-odd years! :blink:

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