The Mother Tongue
The Mother Tongue
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Matthew and Y want to raise their children to be bilingual in English and in Y’s native language, Vietnamese. Matthew’s Vietnamese is pretty rusty, so he thinks Y should teach him and their children at the same time. Y thinks that Matthew needs to study on his own until he can keep up. Who is right?