Hey Yas & Ali, are kids in Canada, who speak Arabic at home, allowed to speak Arabic in school? @ConfessionsExMu @aliamjadrizvi
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Replying to @Jerre_Peeters @aliamjadrizvi
What do you mean? Like do the schools here restrict children speaking other languages? No. You hear all sorts of languages walking through any school hallways here.
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I think the danger of letting them speak another language (language they speak at home) is that there will be groups. A group of Arabic speaking kids, a group of French speaking kids, a group of...
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Replying to @Jerre_Peeters @aliamjadrizvi
Yes. That happens. It’s unfortunate to see the pods by identity, I agree. It also stunts their learning because it limits how often they speak the common language of the country-but really, there’s no way to control that. I wouldn’t advocate for restricting ppls language choices.
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Don’t forget that we are talking about children that are born here, not children who just arrived. If a 6 or 7 year old kid can’t speak & understand English or French in Canada than that’s the fault of the parents. They should be encouraged to speak English or French in school.
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I totally agree. They’re putting unnecessary stress on their child. But it happens a lot.
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