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Btr8898
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 9:08am | IP Logged Quote Btr8898
Has anyone tried to teach their small children more than one foreign language at once?
I have 5 children - 2 teenagers by birth, 1 adopted Filipino boy, age 3, and 2 adopted 1/2 Hispanic children, 1 and 2 years.
I would like for them to learn both Spanish and Tagalog. But I'm afraid that it would confuse them. Right now we're just learning a little Spanish (just what we pick up from Dora the Explorer).

Any suggestions?
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Terrie
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Posted: April 04 2006 at 10:46am | IP Logged Quote Jamberry77
No personal experience here but my friend, native Indonesian, speaks Indonesian and English to her kids (they lived in the US for about five years) and her husband (native Dutch) speaks Dutch and English to the kids. The oldest boy spoke really late, because his mind was trying to get everything straight. He knew it, but wasn't confident enough to speak. His younger sister speaks all three with ease, and spoke at a normal age.

Now they are in Korea and I assume they are learning Korean.

I say, go for it, but try to speak only one language per sentence.

Kelly in NC
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