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Re:Math Problems for children from 5 to 15 (2004) [pdf] by coolspot on Monday July 19, 2021 @03:26PM (#27886375)
I suspect Russian-speaking readers of HN mostly have kids who can’t read/write Russian, unfortunately.

Like my daughters, for example.

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Re:Math Problems for children from 5 to 15 (2004) [pdf] by gregsadetsky on Monday July 19, 2021 @05:20PM (#27887382)
There are interesting Wikipedia articles on this topic: "Heritage language"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_language

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_language_learning

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Re:Math Problems for children from 5 to 15 (2004) [pdf] by gizmondo on Monday July 19, 2021 @04:03PM (#27886713)
How actively did you try to teach them to do that?
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Re:Math Problems for children from 5 to 15 (2004) [pdf] by coolspot on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @05:12PM (#27899412)
They did go into a Russian child care where they learned basic reading/writing.

But after they went into US elementary school, we didn’t want to interfere with their English learning, so without practice they have lost reading/writing skills, but still can speak.

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