Your child can help the exchange student with his English while the exchange student tutors your child in his native language. Children love to listen to songs and watch video tapes over and over again. Cassette tapes and videos of language instruction are the perfect medium for your child to learn and there are ones that are aimed specifically at children which they will love to watch over and over again. Children learn by absorption and you will be sure to pick up a few words after hearing the tape a few hundred times. There are some wonderful books for children that teach second languages as well.
Books range in all levels from simple names for objects to conversational books.
If you can manage it, once your child has learned a second language, a trip to a place where the language is spoken is a wonderful reward and a good test of what he has learned. If not, you can rent movies in which the language is spoken and ask your child to tell you the story or find someone else who speaks the language for your child to converse with. Inc. PageWise makes no representations about the content published on this site. PageWise hereby disclaims all warranties and conditions with regard to this information, and user agrees that all such use is at its own risk. If you are under 18, please do NOT opt-in to receive email offers on this page.