tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894835503994114415.post1942509008582432676..comments2023-08-17T20:29:34.332+09:00Comments on little projects in style: from the library :: my circus::little projects in style::http://www.blogger.com/profile/09555994877403162389noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894835503994114415.post-70609393968207461512013-06-26T16:40:36.847+09:002013-06-26T16:40:36.847+09:00y'know i picked up (smatterings of) cantonese ...y'know i picked up (smatterings of) cantonese from TV? :) i'll be watching those soap operas with blake when he is old enough! :) ::little projects in style::https://www.blogger.com/profile/09555994877403162389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894835503994114415.post-44325157269373171832013-06-26T16:38:23.227+09:002013-06-26T16:38:23.227+09:00i like that they would (hopefully) be able to spea...i like that they would (hopefully) be able to speak to their grandparents!! that would be the BEST THING! :)::little projects in style::https://www.blogger.com/profile/09555994877403162389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894835503994114415.post-8099487771747396252013-06-26T16:20:37.379+09:002013-06-26T16:20:37.379+09:00very amazing!!! let this be inspiration for little...very amazing!!! let this be inspiration for little blake! i'd be thanking my lucky stars if he can order noodles for me in mandarin! :) <br />::little projects in style::https://www.blogger.com/profile/09555994877403162389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894835503994114415.post-24331675669203136462013-06-25T03:23:47.510+09:002013-06-25T03:23:47.510+09:00I learnt about language learning in my TESL traini...I learnt about language learning in my TESL training and theoretically speaking and research proves that the more input you give, the easier they pick up. Like another said earlier, children are a blank slate esp. towards languages. Input means - the more exposure to the language, the easier for them to pick up because for now they are absorbing, learning, taking all in and soon when they start talking you'll hear all kinds of words he picked up on from his surrounding. <br /><br />Want him to learn other languages? I would recommend speaking the languages to him and around him or surround him with cartoons or whatsoever (reading to him will do too!) in other languages that you want him to learn. <br /><br />Basically research shows that after puberty it takes more effort to learn a language :) because of all the other disturbances or other things that takes away their attention from learning languages.<br /><br />Hope this helps you understand a bit more!Ms. Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305343896485834174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894835503994114415.post-42695491354750982102013-06-19T20:46:48.048+09:002013-06-19T20:46:48.048+09:00I'm effectively multi-lingual. My father spoke...I'm effectively multi-lingual. My father spoke to me in English growing up, my mother spoke to me in Mandarin, Cantonese and Hokkien, I learnt Malay during the years I spent in Singapore and French when I lived in Canada. As an adult, I learnt German. I can still hold conversations fluently in at least 4 languages so, it isn't bad at all.<br /><br />It's never too young to begin, the younger the better. Learning two languages or more as a child teaches them alot of non-linguistic skills e.g. how to sort and catagorise, listening skills among others.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894835503994114415.post-64584713042362991752013-06-19T16:37:56.679+09:002013-06-19T16:37:56.679+09:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894835503994114415.post-17059683738915334882013-06-19T13:24:17.668+09:002013-06-19T13:24:17.668+09:00theoretically, a child is born a "blank slate...theoretically, a child is born a "blank slate" and should be able to pick up languages that he/she is spoken to - or taught - from birth. but of course, this has to be a language that is used frequently. since our children will most likely be schooled in the English language, you can be pretty sure their grasp of that will be pretty good, if not excellent, because of the environment they'll be immersed in. I know as far as possible, I'll be speaking to my kids in Mandarin/Cantonese from birth because I might as well take as much advantage of the fact that they're sponges at that young age :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894835503994114415.post-14684980044967525842013-06-19T11:19:21.570+09:002013-06-19T11:19:21.570+09:00I speak Indo to my little one and my husband speak...I speak Indo to my little one and my husband speaks English, this is so that when he can finally talk, he'll have 2 languages already under his belt. There have been studies that shows children who are exposed to different languages growing up will be able to pick up new languages a lot easier than those who don't. I personally think that there are no disadvantages of being able to speak in different languages. I regret that my grandmother didn't speak Dutch to my generation :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com