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Originally Posted by Banjo
That's pretty sad when an Australian beat us at our own game. :-/
One thing I did notice about exchange students is that they often perform far better than most students at Ernest C. Drury which is quite amazing considering the fact that neither ASL nor English are often their native languages.
You were the only one that I know of who came from an English-speaking country that I remember in my years at the school. We had one from Sweden, several from Germany and such. Though they told me they learned English in schools over there too. I found that interesting.
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Many of the non-English speaking countries offer ESL at the grammar school level. My son's school, as well, had several students from non-English speaking countries who learned ESL, and therefore were able to pick up on ASL quite easisly. The sysntax of ASL matched their native languages quite closely, and ESL had taught them English word equivilents for concepts, so they were able to connect the two readily. Just another support for the advantages of bilingualism in any form!