Learning Vietnamese for English Speaking children.

Hi Justin.

I am in the same situation - my 3-year-old was raised in America and is now in pre-school here in HCMC. She is struggling and the teachers don't know how to help her - they don't speak English either.

It's only been a week but I'm wondering if you found anything that worked for your two kids.

Thanks!

I think you can both relax a little.  Both language learning theory and practice say that at that age, they will learn Vietnamese by themselves.  Try to allow after school contact with neigbor's children as well. 

I am reminded of the opposite circumstance in which my friend's daughter entered kindergarten speaking only Vietnamese.   Her parents were worried that she would not succeed.   She is still fluent in Vietnamese and last week graduated from UH with a degree in Biology.

Your children are uniquely positioned to be in an excellent economic position some 20 years from now as fully fluent bilinguals.