[quote=MMM;726755]Tsk tsk...seriously?
Maybe you need to read what I wrote and the study I posted.
There is nothing that says you shouldn't talk to children in two languages. I understand your personal experience on the matter, but I think those are isolated cases and I personally know dozens of cases where bilingual usage is a POSITIVE experience, and more importantly NO cases where it was a negative one. The study shows that children can make those language distinctions at an early age. Yes, children will mix the two languages, but that is usually NOT because they don't know they are speaking one language or the other, but because they don't know the word they are looking for in the other language YET.
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I did, and one parent used 1 language only. They can distinguish when two different persons talk 2 different languages, but not when only 1 parent talks 2 languages.
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No. There is nothing to support the idea that a child will not be able to differentiate the two languages when the time is needed (entering school)
Considerind the number of children raised in bilingual homes over the last generation or two, shouldn't there be a growing number of "language handicaps" in society today? No, there aren't. What I do see more of is adult children of bilingual parents who wished they had used both languages when they were younger, so they would be bilingual today. This is especially true of Asian wives who move to America with husbands who don't speak the Asian tongue.
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I did not say people grow up and can't talk. What are you talking about? I said that at an early age (2-3 years old) using the method of talking 2 different languages will have its problems on the kid (not being able to say what he wants most of the time)... and results in the kid being anxious.
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Again with "proper". You didn't answer me the first time about "proper communication" from a four-year-old.
You are making the conclusion that if a child is exposed to two languages when they are "too young" they will never be able to distinguish the two. There is no evidence to support that, and I would say the opposite is true. The sooner you start exposing children to multiple languages the sooner they will become bilingual.
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Oh really? I don't recall ever saying that.
My first post here said
'a cousin of mine started doing the same and he had trouble learning which was this or that language.' Had trouble, but he managed to learn it later. I'm just saying how to avoid the trouble.
And in another post I said
'If you want to affect your kids childhood this way then go ahead.' Never said he will grow up being unable to talk. They will learn it eventually but have to go through more trouble.
And I repeat, I've been talking if ONE parent speaks 2 different languages to his kid, not if 2 parents speak 2 different languages. If 1 persons speaks only 1 language to the kid then it is more than fine. There are many parents who do this and kids mess up. He uses two different names for a toy and is unable to distinguish which is this language or that. Your case study is different, one parent - one language... the kid can distinguish things in that case. I hope I made myself clear.