It’ll be a lot steeper for me than her I sense! But it will be a great way for me to learn to speak about all the usual mum stuff in the local language. I’m already learning vocab from the library books she borrows. Like you say, I do already feel an obligation to keep up with her so I can understand what is going on at school when the time comes.

It really is a great journey, Georgia. And even if the learning curve of your daughter is steep: she will most probably be very proud to “teach” her mum some new things she learned. I wish you both to enjoy this experience! Hasta luego 😉

Yes, Bridge, I really agree. When it comes to homework, language is only one aspect internationally living families have to face. Considering all those other aspects makes the choice about schools abroad very difficult. What you say about “thinking out of the box” is something that is strongly related to how well (or not) other languages are accepted in a school. The more they want you to “stay in the box”, the less flexible they are with accepting for example that children talk their family languages at school too… Also, they probably don’t have a support for ESL (English as Second Language) and therefore, parents need to work much more with their children if they want to maintain the family language(s). – I’ll write other posts about bilingualism and homeworks like maths or science, and I have another one in the pipeline about different methods to learn maths.
Vielen Dank für deinen Kommentar, und alles Gute für deinen Sohn (?). Ich würde gern mehr erfahren, wie es euch bei der Schule in Südafrika ergeht. Liebe Grüße, Ute