<p>My friend had her S enrolled in a Hawaiian language immersion pre-school. She & her S learned Hawaiian, so she could speak it with him. He was pretty good at it and would easily switch from English to Hawaiian, depending on whom he was talking to. The parents were very good at languages and also spoke French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese and perhaps a few others. He dropped the language when he switched schools to mainstream public school, where he was behind in all subjects. He’s now in college & doing OK but I don’t know if he retained any language other than English.</p>
<p>My S has always been pretty good at independent learning & OK with learning on computers. D on the other hand just doesn’t enjoy formal learning on the computer and never has, tho she DID teach herself German on the internet because she wanted to be able to read the blogs about her favorite European singer. She was able to take 2 6-week summer courses of German & then 3rd semester German at her U to get out of the 3 semester language requirement.</p>