Many parents want the child to a child has mastered several languages. They begin to communicate with him in a foreign language and are waiting for the baby to say its first word. At the same friends and relatives vying argue that the child will get confused or even stop talking. That this is true and what is not?
In our country, almost every household, and bilingual child from the cradle mastering two languages: Russian and Ukrainian. But parents dream educate polyglot and to hear the first words baby in English or another foreign language. What myths envelop child bilingual?
He became entangled in languages
Studies suggest that children are well distinguish between languages. But only if they are not similar in sound. For example, Ukrainian and French. Confusion may occur with similar languages. But the child, and they will understand eventually.
He will have a speech delay
Raising a child in a bilingual family lead to speech delay. Bilingual children can talk later, but it has nothing to do with the study of the two languages. Modern research shows that bilingualism does not cause
delayed speech development or language acquisition.
Bilingual children are confused in the sentence, the words in two languages
Bilingual true mixed multiple languages in one. But this does not affect the development of speech. One language is dominant in the child's speech. Therefore, it includes a proposal of another word that just does not know. It takes place when a child's growing vocabulary.
If you do not start early to teach a second language, the child learns not his
No favorable and unfavorable time to study a second language. Up to 10 years, children learn a foreign language well. Ideal start to teach up to 3 years, but in a different age is not too late to learn a foreign language.
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Children learn a new language on the fly
Learn a foreign language the child is easier than adults, but it does not "absorb it like a sponge." It is foolish to think that some cartoons in a foreign language can be taught a foreign language. Language easier to learn in real life, at the household level. And yes, forced to speak in a foreign language is not necessary. You can get the opposite effect.
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