"Language is a powerful tool," says Chang. Many parents are only willing to see the successful aspect of such education, but unwilling to admit that there is something lost as well. Its after-effects--language rejection and identification with "dominant" or "weak" cultures--exhibit themselves gradually only after the child begins elementary school.
「語文是有威力的工具，」張湘君說，很多家長只願意看到成功的一面，卻不願承認失落的部分，而語文排擠與強弱勢文化認同的後遺症，都是到孩子上小學之後才會陸續出現。