Taking on accents?

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I am a bit .
DD1 is 7 and since last year she has been going to a 3rd language kindergarden. Which made her trilingual.

In september we put her back in an british system so in Y2 but in an international school with very few native speakers. She is doing really well, as already caught up on reading and writing but she is taking on her peers accent.

The 'th' becoming Z is driving us mad.
Her dad is british and she had a perfectly good british accent before. She even has a slight british accent when speaking my language.

Her english teacher is a native speaker, and several of the others are too. So it must come from her peers but why would she copy them? trying to fit in or is it unconscious?

Has anybody experienced that with their children? How did you "correct" it? Did it get better?

TIA

Have you talked to her about it?
Being 7, she must be fairly aware of her own language and speech patterns.

My DD is 5 and also uses 3 languages on a daily basis.
She too goes to school with children of many different nationalities and has a fairly mixed accent due to their influences.
I point out to her when she says things that I consider too far from standard British pronunciation and she does try to correct them.
I have told her that she can use any accent she likes with her friends to fit in etc, but she must speak proper UK English at home with me.

Thanks ruth yes we have told her, we correct her... DH at least as I know my pronunciation is not perfect. But it is sneaking back. It is especially bad when she is reading aloud and when she says then, which becomes Zen .
I am not sure it is completely conscious.

We don't want it to settle though and a bit scared that she will be bullied if/when we go back to the UK.

I think they normally take on the accent of their peers. I'm not a linguist, but kids in new Zealand with british parents all have kiwi accents. And not all teachers in the school are kiwis either.

Yes, you are right I remember kids from indian parents having a northern irish accent.
I took us a bit by surprised as English is not the language the children use to play together and is not used outside of school.
We might have to get her to listen to BBC radio 4 with DH .

Anybody on the other side? does it revert quickly once back in the UK? (or will she be stuck with zis for life?)

We have Ls rather than Zs 'lis'/'lat'/'lere' (although 'the' is generally ok)- don't know where it came from - but can't seem to get rid of it although we correct it all the time. Would be interested to hear any tips too....

Doesn't everyone eventually pick up bits of their peers' accents?

My scottish mum has an english/scottish accent, I used to try to speak like my scottish cousins when I was with them as a kid, my english auntie now has a fairly scottish accent after 40 years etc etc

I would guess it would revert back once back in UK as she'll want to fit in with new friends etc.