If you want your child to be bilingual
If you want your child to be bilingual, each parent should speak ONE language to the baby. If you mix langugages, your baby will speak the way you do, but generally it ends up being an incomplete...
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I am Chinese and married to an American man who doesn’t speak Chinese. I really want my children to be bilingual, which isn’t easy living in America and surrounded by English-speakers. My mother Ms....
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Children of welfare families hear 3 million words a year at home. Children of working class families hear 6 million. Children of professionals hear 12 million. Big difference.
View ArticleNo more background music
Children under 6 are avidly absorbing language. However, they cannot screen out background music from what is happening in the foreground. If there is music in the background, they have a much harder...
View ArticleIf your nanny’s first language is not English
Babies absorb all the language they hear around them. If your babysitter/nanny is not a native English speaker, ask her to speak her native language to your baby. You want your baby to hear the best...
View ArticleIf you want your child to be bilingual
If you want your child to be bilingual, each parent should speak ONE language to the baby. If you mix langugages, your baby will speak the way you do, but generally it ends up being an incomplete...
View ArticleEncouraging Bilingualism
I am Chinese and married to an American man who doesn’t speak Chinese. I really want my children to be bilingual, which isn’t easy living in America and surrounded by English-speakers. My mother Ms....
View ArticleClass Difference and Language
Children of welfare families hear 3 million words a year at home. Children of working class families hear 6 million. Children of professionals hear 12 million. Big difference.The post Class Difference...
View ArticleNo more background music
Children under 6 are avidly absorbing language. However, they cannot screen out background music from what is happening in the foreground. If there is music in the background, they have a much harder...
View ArticleIf your nanny’s first language is not English
Babies absorb all the language they hear around them. If your babysitter/nanny is not a native English speaker, ask her to speak her native language to your baby. You want your baby to hear the best...
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