Comments on: Bilingual Kids from Parents

By: Arabiangirl91

Arabiangirl91 — Sat, 15 May 2010 15:25:36 +0000

I am 16 years and I am very happy too speak english, german and arabic!
For me its very easy too meed some new people!

By: XxXMayellaXxX

XxXMayellaXxX — Sat, 15 May 2010 14:27:38 +0000

I am 16- and I speak English, and am currently learnign French and Spanish and next year hopefully German or Italian. I have also decided that I will be bringing my kids up (when I have them) bilingually, probably in French and then progressing on to maybe Spanish, I will hopefully send them to a international school so as they can continue this. I always wish my mother had continued to teach me french, after I moved from a french pre school to mainstream, as I forgot a lot of it.

By: untmdsprt

untmdsprt — Sat, 15 May 2010 14:24:54 +0000

I’m currently learning Japanese as my second language, and would like to learn Korean and Chinese. I do have one problem though with people learning more languages at once. They never really learn how to be accurate in the language while they’re trying to be fluent. What kind of trade off are you people doing to achieve this fluency in more than one language?

By: kankurossexygurl

kankurossexygurl — Sat, 15 May 2010 14:17:17 +0000

yeah theyre so smart.i speak dutch,german,spanish,portugese,arabic,frenc=)

By: bastardobuono

bastardobuono — Sat, 15 May 2010 13:37:13 +0000

wow also i’m 16 years old but i learn just italian and some english XD

By: MultiStrawberry09

MultiStrawberry09 — Sat, 15 May 2010 13:26:26 +0000

My husband is latino and my daughter is half latina. I can speak spanish fluently. My husband speaks no english and my daughter will be raised on only spanish untill she goes to school.

By: zoemwtaylor

zoemwtaylor — Sat, 15 May 2010 13:05:32 +0000

I think these parents are just burning their money, especially those who speak a language other than English. I’m chinese, my husband is British and our three children are fluent in both chinese and English without going to any extra tuition. Language resources are everywhere. It just depends on how much effort the parents are prepared to make.

By: TheBreadCrumbs

TheBreadCrumbs — Sat, 15 May 2010 12:39:55 +0000

Its pretty simple, kids with parents who are bilingual tends to be bilingual when grown.

Lets say if the parents are German/Asian, the kids have a better chance of learning those languages.

By: Clipwizards

Clipwizards — Sat, 15 May 2010 11:49:50 +0000

My son could speak 4 languages at age 4.
Started with Portuguese and English, at the same time. By 1 & 1/2 he could already communicate in both. Spanish came easily, after less than 4 months with a full time nanny from Argentina, at the same time that he was attending a Dutch speaking school.
He’s 5 and 3/4 now and still multi-lingual!

By: expatleanie

expatleanie — Sat, 15 May 2010 11:17:16 +0000

I am bilingual . I grew up bilingual I cant remember learning how to speak it both I just did and thought as a child other kids were not normal. so go for it parents it eleviates later on university problems! I have seen how my friends suffer the fate of learning a 2nd languge too late