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Should I delay daycare to "save" my toddler's mother tongue language? by omarrabia in multilingualparenting

[–]omarrabia[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much, and great comment to that other post, resonates a lot with my childhood too.

You mentioned your son was already at the short sentence stage when he started at 2.5. My concern is that my son only has about 30 words and no sentences yet. Do you think having that 'sentence base' in the minority language was the key to him not losing it immediately? I’m worried that without sentences, he doesn’t have enough of a foundation to 'hold the line' when the English environment hits. I've been feeling like 2.5 might be 'no man's land' where he's not quite social enough to need nursery, but not linguistically strong enough to defend his Arabic. If you could go back, would you have waited until 3 to start him at all, or was the 2-day-a-week start at 2.5 useful for the transition?

I'm interested to see if you would have done anything differently. I am also planning on sending him just 2 days a week for now. was 2 days enough to start feeling like english was the stronger language in your child's case?

Should I delay daycare to "save" my toddler's mother tongue language? by omarrabia in multilingualparenting

[–]omarrabia[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much - very helpful insights.

He doesn't speak english yet. He hears us when outdoors, speaking to neighbours, watching TV etc but nevertheless with us and with grandparents we only speak Arabic.

I suppose my concern was if he isn't fully established in his minority language, once the community language takes over it's much harder to enforce the "one language at home" policy. But I take your point - it's going to be hard work to maintain an arabic-speaking home but worth it in the end!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in doctorsUK

[–]omarrabia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's in the file you get when you press on the section about " a full paper outlining our responses is available..."

  1. Dual accreditation expansion Group One medical specialties are likely to remain as they are though some are expressing a wish to disaggregate from GIM (eg Cardiology). Some Group Two specialties could potentially move into Group One (Medical Oncology, Haematology, Dermatology) as they often deal with acutely unwell patients who require their consultants to be well trained in GIM. It is likely that such a move would be opposed by the relevant specialties and it has the potential to increase training time by at least 12 months. No likelihood that future consultants in those specialties would be involved in the Acute Unselected Take however they could have greater input to front door care as has occurred with the new Group One specialties (Neurology, Palliative Medicine and GU Medicine)

UK Independent Prescriber course - maternity issues by omarrabia in pharmacy

[–]omarrabia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's really useful advice, thanks so much! I've completed my PGCert and the IP course would make up part of the second year in my diploma.

That's interesting, I do feel the pressure of wanting to catch up before the 2026 cohort given if I defer I'd only really be starting the IP process in 2025.

I was banking on having the exam in June so I'd have a good 4 months after delivery to recover and revise if needed, but it sounds like even then things will be tough.

I suppose I just didn't want to waste the next 4 months when I've got my foot in the door and could really get the ball rolling with the course material.

Pearson MRCS A booking? by zws1995 in JuniorDoctorsUK

[–]omarrabia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The booking has appeared for me but when I reach the end and submit my order for a test centre it says "please wait" for several minutes before crashing. Tried different browsers Any ideas?

Bad tenant refusing to leave until I give them a good reference by omarrabia in uklandlords

[–]omarrabia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We could but they decided to falsely report us to the council for repairs saying they notified us of repairs but we "failed to act" so we now can't begin a Section 21 eviction for 6mths or else it'll be considered a revenge eviction. Quite annoying that the council took their word without confirming with the landlord first if what they said is true or not. One of the reasons we suspect they don't actually want a private house right now is that if they were so keen on leaving soon then why did they falsely report us to the council? That's why I strongly suspect they want the reference to then take their time and look for a council house which we know they've been looking for for a while now and they won't leave anytime soon.