Raising bilingual children, the 5 most myths

Raising bilingual children, the 5 most myths ? It does not speak English? Oh, I see - both Swedish and English. T which is terribly confused? Swedish, she said - when you use this? Get used to hearing things like that. You? Ll get the opinion of the Barista at Starbucks, your mother, your neighbors and even strangers on the street. Remember that to be a trend a few ripples of feathers, and the best way to deal with unsolicited advice (other than the operation of the door) is to know the facts for you. Here are the most persistent myths about the increase in bilingual children: your child can be confused with the leaing of a language. This belief is widespread in monolingual countries, and has much more than the science of political support. Be assured that your little child's brain is more than enough brain cells to cope with two languages (or more) without frizzing out. On the contrary, decades of research in cognitive studies show many benefits of being multilingual. And what about the experience of millions of families around the world where multilingualism is the norm, not the exception? Just look at Canada, Belgium, Switzerland and Finland - to name a few. ? I can see both languages, perhaps, but more than that too. Considering the number of children must lea in their first years of life, of another language is not really much to add to the load. While the children are regular interactions in the second (or third) language, which has won? T have problems. There is a reason why two years, the child is fifty percent more synapses for an adult! Therefore, even if the child does not end speak every language, don t underestimate the value of a passive language, ie understanding, but not yet to speak. If you already understand a language, it is easier to lea the measure later in school or in adulthood, compared to a person? D never heard before. So, too? Right? understand another language is not a waste of energy. The child is under way to obtain a mixture of all these languages. It 'true that some mixtures, but that is harmless and temporary. As the child builds his vocabulary in any language, this phenomenon will disappear automatically. How many children monolingual automatically correct errors after the use has been leaed? For example, children start saying things like? Would you like me? when to say "want." And how many are still saying? Would you like me? five years? Finally, the child leas multilingual use of the same way as any other child. If you? T mix languages in your conversation, you? Ll make it much easier for the child and be consistent. Why now? Subsequently, the child will in no time. For those who think it is? Its enormous intellectual charge of your child to grow up with multiple languages, is it? I will be those who will tell you what is easy. ? Just go to a Spanish game once a week. Not? Not even talk to her all the time? This is absolutely unrealistic. Studies indicate that children need exposure to a different language, about one third of their waking hours to become active bilingual. They? Ll understand with much less interaction, but probably won? T is able to talk about them. Leaing a second language, it is easy for children than adults, but children need to hear a word of thousands of times in all kinds of contexts, first of clubs - unless they? Its bad word, then by some miracle, it must be said once? ? Reading and writing in different languages? Some children can not manage even a single language. E? It 'true that many children have difficulty reading and writing well. However, reading and writing is one? Encoding / decoding? process and is not related to the number of languages a child speaks, as such - but it could be different alphabets, and then a little 'more work. Interestingly, access to different languages, it is easier for children to understand the nature of language itself, which, in tu, improves literacy skills. The research confirms what many parents have long felt that many children have developed a better understanding of language. However, if you're in a hurry or politely ignore the unfounded opinions thrown the way it does not work, you can always ask if you think that Einstein? S intellect suffered increasingly in German and Italian. E? T start talking until he was three, but it certainly seems up for lost time.