Thanks for your fantabulous responses to my moment of curiosity.

 

When I was doing my TESOL post grad some years back, one of my lecturers said, or maybe I read it somewhere, that  once someone dreams 100% in English then they have basically made the transition to being totally comfortable at fluently speaking, living and breathing the language of their new English speaking country, or something along those lines.  

 

My Mum, who basically never used her native tongue here, or even taught it to her children (sob sob), tried so hard to live and breathe English, especially as she was a primary school teacher and conscious of her strong Dutch accent and what the Australian parents would think.  She says it took 30 years for her to actually dream 100% in English, which is basically 30 years of being totally immersed in an English speaking country.

 

Glad you all liked this post. I loved reading your responses.  I�d love to see some literature on this area but I don�t know of any.  Do you?

 

Happy Easter

 

Cheers

 

Jayho

 

P.S. Happy Birthday Marion - may all your dreams, whichever language they may be in, come true