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[Spanky11]

Question.

As I know you are trying to raise your kid to speak both Kraut, , and english...how are you doing this?

Are there any books you reccommend, or are you just letting this run its course through talking at home to him?

I'm in a similiar situation, and I would like my boy to also be a cunning linguist.

 

[Spanky11]

bump for cunning linguists

 

[Gymgurl]

LOL spanky....Pinto claims to be fluent in that too

 

[sawastea]

A lot of emoticons in here.

 

[gonelifting]

IMO they can be taught just by speaking with them. My 4yo speaks 3 languages to different family members. It's great that she differnetiates between different people by the language. Nice.

We don't plan on teaching her all 3. English will be her main one. The others will just be secondary words or phrases she'll know. Too much work for other languages and no real need for them IMO.

Sad, but that's how it's going to be here.


but anyway, just talking with her she's learning them. Start early and often.

 

[Spanky11]

A lot of emoticons in here.

gracias, esse

 

[pintoca]

there are a shitload of books about this, the lowdown is as follow:

Case 1: Both Paretns speak Language A, outside the house everybody speaks Language B (Not bad, easy for the kid)

Case 2: One Parent speaks Language A, the other parent speaks Language B, outside of House everybody speaks Language B (easy for the kid simply to disregard language A)

Case 3: Parent 1 speaks Language A, Parent 2 speaks Language B, outside of the house everybody speaks Languace C (most dificult case for the kid)

There are complications, for example if the parents speak to the kid in several languages, taking turns... then he can's associate a parent with a language or a situation.

I read one book, decided to take it with a grain of salt and simply be consistent about it.The big caveat is that when it comes a certain age, kids don't want to be different and for them, speaking in a different language as their friends can be simply embarrasing, that is what you have to fight against. So here you have all the theories of positive encouragement (when he learns a word in one of the other languages, for example) and what not.

 

[Spanky11]

there are a shitload of books about this, the lowdown is as follow:

Case 1: Both Paretns speak Language A, outside the house everybody speaks Language B (Not bad, easy for the kid)

Case 2: One Parent speaks Language A, the other parent speaks Language B, outside of House everybody speaks Language B (easy for the kid simply to disregard language A)

Case 3: Parent 1 speaks Language A, Parent 2 speaks Language B, outside of the house everybody speaks Languace C (most dificult case for the kid)

There are complications, for example if the parents speak to the kid in several languages, taking turns... then he can's associate a parent with a language or a situation.

I read one book, decided to take it with a grain of salt and simply be consistent about it.The big caveat is that when it comes a certain age, kids don't want to be different and for them, speaking in a different language as their friends can be simply embarrasing, that is what you have to fight against. So here you have all the theories of positive encouragement (when he learns a word in one of the other languages, for example) and what not.

thanks..

I had a feeling that it would be like this.

We will be case 2...but thankfully it will be english that I'll be chating to the little tyke away in...they start learning english officially here from when they are 7 years old..so he will have a strong start on the other aryans

 

[Athos]

Dé por favor a me y a mi familia nuestro queso del cheque y del gobierno del bienestar.

 

[Cutiebaby]

IMO they can be taught just by speaking with them. My 4yo speaks 3 languages to different family members. It's great that she differnetiates between different people by the language. Nice.

We don't plan on teaching her all 3. English will be her main one. The others will just be secondary words or phrases she'll know. Too much work for other languages and no real need for them IMO.

Sad, but that's how it's going to be here.


but anyway, just talking with her she's learning them. Start early and often.

Was it hard her to learn it?
I am wanting my girl to speak Italian.....Right now she is learning very limited spanish and is doing some what ok.
I agree, I dont think that she needs to learn every thing. However phrases and stuff that will help her communicate with limited problems would be nice.

 

[gonelifting]

Not at all. It seems the more time spent with the language and just speaking it, will make it easier for them. My wife and I both speak to her in English and let the in laws speak to her in the other two languages. She speaks my wife's language easier than mine because she is with the MIA more than with my parents.

You just need to start early and they'll pick it up. She's 4 yo now but has been speaking to them in their language snce she started talking.

I really do like how she differentiates the different family members with the different language and goes into their language right away when speaking with them.