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Moving to the UK next year

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HyeYoungPark · 24/06/2020 10:52

We are moving to the UK from South Korea in March 2021 and we are going to be staying for about 3 years as my husband and I are opening another branch in London.
Our children will be 8 and 13 (Year 4 and Year 8) when we move but they can not speak English at all- the older one can just answer her name and age but that is about it. At their current school, Japanese is taught as a foreign language and English is not really taught until middle school which would be next year for my older daughter.
I have been introducing them to English as I studied it at university but they are finding the word order and grammar extremely difficult as it is very different to Korean. They just know names for different objects around the house and I am currently trying to teach them how to introduce themselves etc.
Would it be easier for them to adjust to the language once we get there?

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sleepismysuperpower1 · 24/06/2020 10:57

I think they will pick it up when they get here, but it might be worth looking for an online english speaking tutor? I will link one below
www.cambly.com/en/browsetutors/da%20sp?lang=en
who can also speak Korean. Whereabouts are you moving to in the UK? There are a few Korean international schools which might be worth a look?

HyeYoungPark · 24/06/2020 12:29

@sleepismysuperpower1 Thank you for the link! We are moving to London so there will hopefully be more international schools there but I shall have a look :)

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Coldemort · 24/06/2020 12:32

I had a friend who moved to Wales from France when she was 13. She had basic english and no welsh whatsoever. Within 6 months of going to an english speaking school and living in a welsh speaking household she was pretty much fluent in both! Amazing what you pick up when you have to!

sleepismysuperpower1 · 24/06/2020 13:00

oh, In that case have a look at the london korean school x
www.londonkoreanschool.com/

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