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Originally Posted by explorer04
Thank you for your replies.
My children are preteens, so putting them in a state school would be most difficult for them; hence we are looking at international schools.
Yes, we would love to be exposed to the culture and language in Spain; however, the language barrier would not allow us to communicate. We feel that a more English speaking community would help the children with the shock.
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You're probably right, at that age it would be a struggle .... but the best way to learn the language here is to immerse yourself in it ... you wont learn Spanish easily if you're stuck in an English community, going to English shops, going to English restaurants etc etc.
I'm finding it slow, but I only use Spanish workmen, I eat out mostly in Spanish restaurants, and I find the more I am forced to speak in Spanish to do this, the more I am learning