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Originally Posted by Jellby
I was thinking the same, I believe only very small children would use "tu" instead of "vous"... but I understand the distinction is probably harder to teach to English-speaking children, and it can be better to start by teaching only "tu", and then progressing on "vous" when they are a little bit older (and they have at least heard about the "thou" and "thine"  ) |
Yes, they do introduce it later. The aim is to teach the most common/useful forms first so that the children can begin communicating ASAP. Most of my students are under 7 years old and will not be communicating with anybody but me right now, and I will not be insulted
I think even if they did try to talk to a French person, they would get cut some slack for being very small and for genuinely making an effort.
That said, I have spoken with several French people who were scandalized when I mentioned this detail, so I suppose the English-speaking creator of the program may not be seeing the social nuance in the same way as a native speaker. I had a conversation with Verencat about this when I met her in person in which I had several questions about when 'vous' is used
I can post one of my stories, if you want to read it
The illustrations are all from Google Images and I am not sure if I have 'rights' to share the story as a consequence unless I cut out the text only...