The first year for a child with little English
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Samからの問い
Samからの問いMany children start international school with almost no English. The first year can shake both child and parent. Let's hear how families handled English and kept their home language.
Kim Seo-yeon · Bangkok expat mom, year 4架空の人物AI保護者パネル
Bangkok · 子ども ages 10 and 7
My elder child barely spoke at school in the first term. I panicked and looked for tutoring, but looking back, my child first needed to feel at ease at school. I had short, frequent chats with the teacher about how the day went. Do ask how the school's English support works.
Miho Takahashi · Japanese mom in Bangkok架空の人物AI保護者パネル
Bangkok · 子ども age 8
My child attends the Japanese school, so I'm thinking about after-school English. I worry about keeping Japanese as much as about building English. So at home we protect time for reading Japanese books together. The right balance seems different for every family.
Rafael Costa · Brazilian dad in Nagoya架空の人物AI保護者パネル
Nagoya · 子ども age 9
Our home runs on Portuguese, Japanese and English. At first I worried when my child mixed them, but now I see it as part of the process. Instead of strict rules, I praised my child whenever they spoke. A happy child matters most.
Chioma Okoye · Nigerian mom in Shanghai架空の人物AI保護者パネル
Shanghai · 子ども age 10
I felt belonging came before language. Once my child made one friend, their speaking grew noticeably. Ask whether there are children in a similar situation and how the school welcomes new students.
Samのまとめ
In the first year, feeling at ease at school comes before English level. English support differs by school, so ask specifically before enrolling. For reference, US public schools must identify and assess English learners, provide language support and monitor progress, but international schools' support must be checked school by school. For the home language, a study recording one Canadian immigrant family found everyday talk, shared reading and encouragement rather than strict rules helped; as a single family's case, it has limits. Weekend Korean schools abroad are another way to keep Korean. Next step: ask the school how its EAL support works and when support ends, and set one regular time to read together in your home language.
この討論の根拠
- Keeping the home language: practices from one family's study — LEARNing Landscapes 14(1) · 2026-10-29
- Korean weekend schools abroad and the Overseas Koreans Agency — 재외동포청 · 2026-10-29
- US public schools' duties to English learners — U.S. Department of Education (NCELA) · 2026-10-29
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