<p>Interesting topic. In the US we don't come across this issue much because I believe that in our state, Arizona, it's against the law to teach the kids in any language other than english. Nationalism is deeply ingrained here unfortunately. What I wanted to say though was that Kristin from Skate Like A Girl taught clinics in Japan where there was no ability for verbal communication between her and the participants and she brought up the idea of learning and practicing more non verbal skate instruction. Just an interesting idea that I hadn't considered but it has amazing implications for kids with hearing differences and of course languages.</p>
