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| babyoush | 2006-08-01 13:36 |
| ekkw3786, Same with what you said about the effect of her playmate, starting from 3 or 4 months of age, I joined different playgroups with my daughter which all are conducted in English. I hope to find some English speaking friends for her and now 18 months old, I enrolled the playgroup in Woodland. I want to maximize the environment and chance of learning English but still I am worry about my own English level will affect her learning. I want my daughters' English much better than mine. May be the better I want, the more I need to worry about. Anyway, really thanks about your sharing, hope our children can have an enjoyable school life and bright future. :-D |
| ekkw3786 | 2006-08-02 14:40 |
| I'm sure your girl is a happy soul as she has a caring and devoted mum. Given her exposure to the Eng. language thus far I would think she has a good chance of getting admitted to an int'l school! Tho, hope you don't mind but I'd like to say that don't take it too seriously when it comes to Eng. learning. You could end up unintensionally pressuring yourself, or, more importantly, your daughter. After all, languages are just tools one uses to communicate and I think it is always good for us parents to know which one our kids use best for this purpose. Multilingual capability would be good to have, but having it doesn't secure you a bright future, and not having it doesn't necessarily mean you are doomed... Having said that, if your girl has achieved a level of proficiency in Eng. and shows interest in it, there is no reason why you should stop developing her Eng. further. In any case, the most important thing is, as you said, that our children can have an enjoyable school and bright future! :wink: |
| babyoush | 2006-08-03 12:38 |
| Thank you so much. I am very happy to talk with you. May be I really give too much pressure to me and also my daughters. I think it is time to relax. The result is out of my control what I can do is just try my very best :cheeze: |
| Saturn | 2006-08-03 22:38 |
| ekkw3786, Your posting was a good piece for sharing in BK. You have very good written Eng. & I trust you're also proficient in your spoken. I also communicated with my son almost the same way like what you did to your kid. I believe now my son's first language is Eng. as a result of this. I feel little regret for having put too much emphasis on the Eng. side because he doesn't speak Cantonese to us anymore now even if I changed back to talk to him in Cantonese 2 years ago. So, the situation is this, I talk to him in Cantonese & he answers me in Eng. He only talks to his grandparents in Cantonese in phrases & with wrong grammar & funny accent. He also doesn't like to learn Chinese that much & is shy of using Cantonese as his tool for communication. I don't mean to show off my son's Eng. ability but to point out the disadvantage of the way I did. Saturn. |
| CherylMum | 2006-08-03 23:03 |
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| Saturn | 2006-08-03 23:26 |
| CherylMum, The reason why I did it this way was that I originally planned to send my son to CWBS & heard that the school won't accept the kid if they hear him/her talk in Cantonese. In the past I discussed with my hub about using which lang. (Eng/Cantonese) with our kid. He said there won't be any problem for our kid to learn Cantonese from TV & the surrounding environment in HK even if we send him to IS. But now I would say it is very hard because he doesn't even watch Chin. programme. I do agree with you now! I even don't believe he could survive in a local school & IS is his single choice. Saturn. CherylMum 寫道: Frankly, I don't think communicating with your kids in English is good to them. Learning the mother tongue (i.e. Cantonese in Hong Kong) is very important to their language and cognitive development. |
| CherylMum | 2006-08-04 00:09 |
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| Lorry | 2006-08-04 09:23 |
i agree with CherylMum, i am also planning to send my son to IS. My belief is that he will pick up the English from school and I will speak with him Cantonese at home. If and when he insists in speaking English to me, i would say to him that please talk to me in Cantonese as I dont understand your English (because you speak too fast) just make up some unharmful excuses and give them chances to speak in Cantonese. As Chinese, learning Chinese language and culture are very important. I will plan to give private tutor to my son for famous chinese phrase with the meaning behind, i am sure it would form a crucial in his life in 20/30 years when he works...... China is getting big, so part of us want our kids to learn good English, but we also have to keep them on the right track for learning good Chinese (either Mandarin or Cantonese) as well. This is just my own personal feeling, please dont get personally. ;-) |
| S_Trader | 2006-08-05 18:22 |
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| CherylMum | 2006-08-05 18:36 |
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