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little mixed girl
Joined: 11 Jun 2003
Location: shin hyesung's bed~
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if you have 6 other classes to study for, how many hours can you devote to learning a language?
when i was in HS, i really wanted to become fluent in spanish, but i just didn't have the time to devote to the course.
i kept up with it through 4th year, but my spanish was never that great.
in college though, when i took japanese, i had more time to devote to learning the words and everything, and from that i became a better speaker.
even if a person really wants to learn a language, if they don't have the time, it's going to be hard. |
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matthewwoodford
Joined: 01 Oct 2003
Location: Location, location, location.
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| He made the decision to not speak English at home, because he wanted his children to not become confused with two languages. |
Without knowing what the research says, I know one person who tried raising their 2 kids bilingual and failed, but recently met someone else who made the opposite decision to your friend. He told me the key is to make the child believe he only understands English. That way the child speaks Korean everywhere else but is forced to use a special language to communicate with Daddy, which means much less confusion too. Plus of course you'd have to spend time with your child, and read to them in English or whatever the second language might be. Anyway, it would take a lot of discipline to never let on any understanding of Korean - either that or real total ignorance  . |
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Vince
Joined: 05 May 2003
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I knew people in Japan who had mixed kids, and it went both ways. Some kids grew up to be bilingual, some didn't. I've even seen instances in which the kid gravitated so completely to one side of his heritage that he had a complex about the other side. But I think those cases aren't as much about language as about living in a culture that places so much emphasis on being a member of the home team.
I'm turned off by the guy who kept a Korean-only household for the benefit of his Korean enthusiasm. I believe that bilingualism is the birthright of a child from an intercultural marriage, and it's even more obvious when the "global language" is involved. I wonder if this guy has considered his surroundings. You have an entire nation clammoring to learn English for a number of good reasons, but he dooms his kids to the same EFL plight that typical Korean kids face. I understand the argument about parents choosing a direction for their kids, but that particular choice is awfully shortsighted. |
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