What's the best way to teach my one yr old to be trilingual. My hubby is American, Im Russian, and we are moving to the Czech Republic. I know he will be exposed to Czech too, and I am worried he will get confused. What do I do???
2006-09-15 14:59:18 · 9 answers · asked by xxx 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
there's no such thing as trilingual. if an individual knows two languages it's bilingual. if it's more than 2, it's multilingual. children normally learn the language of the land or country as they start learning to speak, even if the parents speak different languages. however, it's possible that the child may learn more of one language than the two others, because maybe of practice or exposure. so if you speak more english at home because hubby couldn't understand the other languages, the child will learn english and czech. it just depends on the child's exposure. and your hubby would just have to get a dictionary to learn the language.
2006-09-15 15:04:56 · answer #1 · answered by Chris E 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
just speak to him in russian, english, and the language in Czech. If you don't know how to speak the language in Czech, its okay, because all of you will eventually pick it up. I have a little sister. My mom speaks to her in Chinese, my dad and i speak to her in Bahasa Indonesia, and my sisters speak to her in English. so, she'll be a trilingual like your baby too =)
2006-09-16 01:03:30 · answer #2 · answered by blue_bee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use all the languages every day. Teach him words like hello and goodbye just like you would do in just English. As long as he is under 3 he should pick it up pretty easily. My daughter is mixed Mexican-American.
2006-09-16 18:28:07 · answer #3 · answered by asker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your husband speaks english to him and you speak only russian it won't confuse him.Someone else should teach him Czech so that he won't get confused. Babies can learn up to 5 languauges, so you should be fine.
2006-09-16 00:07:07 · answer #4 · answered by shay 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He won't get confused. I have many nieces and nephews who are trilingual, and do great! Good for you for giving him this opportunity! He'll have it forever!
2006-09-16 00:09:38 · answer #5 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree with the other person it's amazing how a small child can learn/know different languages and not get confused
2006-09-15 22:04:12 · answer #6 · answered by Moo moo I'm a chicken 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't have the answer to this but I always wanted to know the same thing. but I think the lady above me is right.
2006-09-15 22:15:01 · answer #7 · answered by c'est moi SnItcHeS!!! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he wont, because if he;s raised there long enough he'll get to know the languages well. dont sweat it. a lot of ppl r like that
2006-09-15 22:02:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
first you need to pick one language to be spoken at home and when they get that one down pact you start on another dont try to teach them all at the same time
2006-09-15 22:03:08 · answer #9 · answered by jengoodwin05 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋