Why domestic Russian is often lacking
If Russian remains only the language of requests, remarks and short home conversations, your child will indeed understand it, but this is not enough for strong speech, reading and writing.
The language is held better where there is not only everyday communication, but also books, discussions, lessons, stories, games and situations in which your child speaks in detail.
What to Orient the Family
It is more useful to think not only in minutes, but as a contact with language. Does your child have reading in Russian, conversations not only about everyday life, a place for questions, stories, their own thoughts and lessons or classes, where it is really heard?
The older your child is and the more the environment around him goes into English, the more Russian needs separate support, not just hope that at home this will be enough.
How to understand that the Russian is not enough
If your child answers shorter, rarely reads, simplifies phrases, inserts more English words and avoids long conversations, this is usually a signal that Russian is not enough in his life.
The good news is that language can be maintained quite gently through reading, lessons, family rituals, and lively speech environments. The main thing is to notice it is not too late. One of the early signs is when the dictionary remains only household; more about this article Why the vocabulary of your child becomes “home”.
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