>> For low-cost language learning, one could try to set up a language exchange - pal up with someone who speaks your target language but wants to learn your native language.<<
Some online services do that. Terramagne has a lot of language clubs, but those are rarer here.
>> For kids, hiring bilingual babysitters or childminders, and encouraging them to speak in their other language(s) while minding the children could work.<<
That's something I want to do with the Rutledge thread. Previously most of that activity was French, but now they've got plenty of Arabic speakers and a few other languages thrown in too.
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Date: 2023-02-23 06:08 am (UTC)Some online services do that. Terramagne has a lot of language clubs, but those are rarer here.
>> For kids, hiring bilingual babysitters or childminders, and encouraging them to speak in their other language(s) while minding the children could work.<<
That's something I want to do with the Rutledge thread. Previously most of that activity was French, but now they've got plenty of Arabic speakers and a few other languages thrown in too.