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Hola! I conduct a "mommy & me" Spanish learning playgroup.
a mother and her 3 year old daughter came to my class today for the first time, and she questioned my method. Although I feel very confident in my teaching method, I wonder how many parents out there would agree with her point of view.
Gracias!! |
| posted by Maribel on 04/04/2008 03:29 PM |
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| I have actually been looking for a bilingual play group for my son and I. I would love for us to both learn Italian. Because I don't know that language it would be easier for the group to be an "easy immersion" so that we would know what was going on. |
| posted by Sarah on 04/18/2008 09:17 PM |
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Hola Maribel,
In my opinion, your poll question may not give you an accurate response. If I did not speak another language other than English and I had no background knowledge about the language learning process, I would choose the "easy immersion". If parents want children to learn a 2nd language, they have to be clear about what that means. Do they want the "Dora" effect; children saying words here & there in Spanish? Or do they want their children to be able to speak (w or w/o a native accent), read & write a 2nd language? It takes twice as long with the "easy" method. Children are very intuitive and can figure things out rather quickly and then in turn teach their parents & siblings. I am starting a playgroup here in S. Florida as well (offering many languages) & I will be using the full-immersion method. Hope that helps! Let's keep in touch, we could help each other with lessons! |
| posted by Ayishah on 04/20/2008 04:53 PM |
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| I find that the easy immersion results in "translating" rather than associating visible actions or items to audible verbs and nouns. The full immersion method can be fun. You get really creative in how to express yourself with very few words to start. |
| posted by Meryn on 08/19/2008 04:25 AM |
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| Kids up to age 6 can absolutely pick up language from full immersion program. No modification required. There was a lot of research on acquiring a 2nd language by small children, and linguists concur that small children learn language differently than adults. They do not need their first language to be a medium for learning the 2nd language. In fact, you don't want them to filter the second language through the first, because they will try to apply rules of the 1st language on the 2nd. |
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