How to teach a child mother language?

Question

How to teach a child mother language?

Answer 1

talk to da kid

Answer 2

We have lots of children with English as a second language at our pre-school.  Young children's minds are like sponges and they totally absorb everything that is going on.  Talk to them in both languages you want them to speak and they will pick up both very easily.  We have children coming to us who do not speak a word of English and have usually picked up enought to get by after 6 weeks or so, bear in mind these children are only with us for 2 1/2 hours a day for a maximum of 5 days per week. Good Luck

Answer 3

INsist on speaking to them the language. once they gasp the speech, its easier to teach them to read n write it

Answer 4

If you talk to them constantly in their mother language, they will just pick it up as their first language.  English will then come automatically when mixing with others.

A friend of mine is french and her husband english, and they spoke only French to their little boy.  I would say that this is not the way to do it as none of us could understand his @foreign@ baby speak, however, as sson as they had their second child, they realised that if they both spoke their mother language hen the child would pick up the 2 languages at the same time and it was far easier for them to converse and be accepted by other children.  Hope this helps.

Answer 5

I think it depends on the age...if they are unborn or just been born then speak to them in the mother tongue as often as you can, read stories to them, sing etc.

If the child is at pre-school then speak to staff there who can try and help if u give them a few words you would like them to use. Speak to your child and explain what these new words are, and the importance of knowing this language. You can again read stories, have print around, sing to your child etc.

Else an expensive way is to get tutor of some form!

Answer 6

Speak to your child constantly from birth - they will soon pick it up.

Answer 7

speak to your child ,people seem to not realize children understand everything . Always speak to your child

Answer 8

I have a daughter who is bilingual from birth (Japanese/English) with Japanese being her "major"language(language spoken in the country around her) and English her "minor"language.

My husband is the Japanese speaker, and I am the English speaker......although we are both fluent in each other`s language also

    My advice is



1. be consistant.....we have a system of one parent/one language.I ALWAYS speak to her in English. She knows I speak Japanese, but doesn`t want/allow me to speak Japanese to her.

Some people do the system of one language in the home and one outside the home.

2. LOTS of exposure........talk lots, link up with a group of other speakers. We have a lot of play dates with other mothers and children (all in English). We also have videos and LOTS of books. Reading aloud is really important!

3. If possible, some "total immersion" time. We spend a month a year back home and my daughter is surrounded by loving relatives and bombarded with English. On her last visit, we could see her English improve from day to day dramatically.

My daughter also spends one day a week with her Japanese grandparents who speak NO English and one day in Japanese speaking daycare.

My daughter now speaks at a good 3 year old level in English and at a 2 year old level in Japanese(less complex sentences)

hth