Timeline for Raising a bilingual kid. When should we introduce the majority language?
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| Apr 25, 2019 at 17:03 | history | protected | Rory Alsop♦ | ||
| Apr 25, 2019 at 6:02 | answer | added | debo.stackoverflow | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 24, 2019 at 13:05 | answer | added | anon | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 24, 2019 at 9:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackParenting/status/1120975874269093889 | ||
| Apr 24, 2019 at 7:21 | answer | added | vikingsteve | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 24, 2019 at 2:33 | answer | added | Superman.Lopez | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 23, 2019 at 23:52 | answer | added | Andrew Savinykh | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 23, 2019 at 15:26 | answer | added | vbp13 | timeline score: 9 | |
| Apr 23, 2019 at 15:25 | history | edited | Anne Daunted GoFundMonica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Apr 23, 2019 at 14:56 | history | suggested | Azor Ahai -him- | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 23, 2019 at 14:21 | answer | added | the_lotus | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 23, 2019 at 13:32 | comment | added | Peter - Reinstate Monica | @curiousdannii "Surprisingly little research has been conducted on the topic", hence "definitive answers to many questions are not yet available". The same page seems to be unconcerned about "code mixing", but the caveat in the prelude applies; and it obviously is a common concern of many people. As a general note, if you are looking for "academic research" in parenting you'll generally be disappointed; apart from the problem with the lacking rigor of psychological research in general. | |
| Apr 23, 2019 at 12:43 | comment | added | curiousdannii | @PeterA.Schneider And who says it's a problem? What academic research do you have? Code switching is very common around the world. Well meaning parents can often create problems, like with stuttering. Parents may think mixing languages is a problem, but they might not be right. | |
| Apr 23, 2019 at 12:35 | comment | added | Peter - Reinstate Monica | @curiousdannii if you google "common problems with bilingual children" "The mixing of languages" comes up in the bullet list of the featured article. | |
| Apr 23, 2019 at 12:13 | comment | added | curiousdannii | @PeterA.Schneider Why do you think kids need to compartmentalise the languages? When has that been a problem? | |
| Apr 23, 2019 at 10:49 | comment | added | Peter - Reinstate Monica | My American partner and I raised our child bilingually. Both of us would talk to him (exclusively) in our native language (I'm German) from day 1. That approach was recommended somewhere (can't recall where, you'll have to google it). It addresses the most common problems bilingual kids may have: Picking up errors from a parent struggling in a foreign language, and (2) confusing the languages. The latter is avoided because the child attaches each language to a specific person which makes it easier to "compartmentalize" them. It worked really well but it may be difficult for you to switch now. | |
| Apr 23, 2019 at 10:43 | vote | accept | Arm | ||
| Apr 23, 2019 at 7:42 | comment | added | BaneStar007 | My children get Russian from their mother and English from myself, my 2yr old has yet to speak Russian beyond 'nyet' but understands my wife when requests are made, yet has a vocab of around 20 words in English, My 5yr old attends Russian classes on Weekends, and speaks with grandma & grandpa via skype, in only Russian, yet school is in English. Her vocab at 2 was 10/10, by 3 was 200/400, and started English Daycare 2 days then, but now maybe 65% English(1000?), 35% Russian(400?) She's never had any complaints at school about language, If that helps? | |
| Apr 23, 2019 at 4:34 | comment | added | LUser | Who said you had to introduce the major language? We speak Russian and Ukrainian at home. Sometimes are the same times(this is called Surzhik). He being in a country and talking to his friends and TV will have him choose a language. He'll learn English really quickly in school , maybe you can introduce it to him before starting school. | |
| Apr 23, 2019 at 1:42 | answer | added | anongoodnurse | timeline score: 18 | |
| Apr 22, 2019 at 21:39 | answer | added | alephzero | timeline score: 15 | |
| Apr 22, 2019 at 19:37 | comment | added | Azor Ahai -him- | @jean 1) Well, yeah, that's why you should start both languages as soon as possible. 2) what he does as an adult is his decision, not the parents. | |
| Apr 22, 2019 at 19:34 | comment | added | jean | @AzorAhai no, not excludes but there's are potential problems in diction, I got it, kids of friends got it, that's why I advise speaking with a professional. Kids are quickly to learn but also quickly to forget, it's possible, even with effort form parents, he will completely forget french at adult age, that's why it's important to seek another professional to get advice on how to keep him in touch with the language, in special with written language since to read and to speak are different skills | |
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| Apr 22, 2019 at 19:19 | comment | added | Azor Ahai -him- | @jean Why not? The younger, the more fluent and less accented they will be in both languages. The science is pretty clear. Being an English native speaker does not exclude being a speaker of any other languages. | |
| Apr 22, 2019 at 19:09 | comment | added | Tanaya | As an observation, you're not actually raising a biligual child - yet. | |
| Apr 22, 2019 at 18:33 | comment | added | jean | I was a bilingual raised kid and I don't advise doing it for a too young kid. Seek a phonoaudiologist and pedagogy professional on how to keep your children in touch with french but be aware he will be an English native speaker and needs to be a good one because all his social interaction will be carried in English | |
| Apr 22, 2019 at 17:51 | answer | added | Granny Aching | timeline score: 29 | |
| Apr 22, 2019 at 17:23 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Apr 22, 2019 at 16:33 | comment | added | anongoodnurse | "...we don't want him to feel that he is different from them." If he is anything like I was, he will/does feel different, and not necessarily in a good way. It depends on how English-only speaking kids (and maybe others) react to his lack of skill in speaking English. | |
| Apr 22, 2019 at 15:23 | answer | added | Hilmar | timeline score: 49 | |
| Apr 22, 2019 at 14:45 | review | First posts | |||
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| Apr 22, 2019 at 14:43 | history | asked | Arm | CC BY-SA 4.0 |