If I were to watch movies in Japanese frequently with my very young child, would he or she be able to pick up on the language?
2006-11-03 12:28:54 · 7 answers · asked by bippidibopiddi 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I meant without subtitles. (young = from almost being an infant) When you learn a language for the first time there aren't subtitles to help you learn it. Also, kids pick up on languages really fast, so thats why I was wondering if observing a world on the tv screen would have it sink in the same as say watching your parents talking in the kitchen by you.
2006-11-04 01:58:24 · update #1
yes if it has subtitles. i learned a lot from anime and when i started to learn japanese from school the teacher was really impressed with how much i can speak. i could understand 70 percent in a long sentence but i just couldnt write it. so it does help.
2006-11-05 08:32:40 · answer #1 · answered by Meow~ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I dont think so. They MIGHT pick up a word or two if the words are alone with subtitles (like if a subtitle had a simple 'yes' and the character said 'hai', they might make the connection) but since Japanese is so different from English, especially in written language and word order in sentences, it would be practically impossible to actually learn how to speak Japanese fluently. You would need some other kind of language learning program to help, and even those are fairly worthless in my own opinion, you would need a human teacher to do it right. A movie cannot correct you when you pronounce something wrong.
It would be nice if it were that easy, but unfortunately its not.
2006-11-03 12:44:41 · answer #2 · answered by Cheez_Mastah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because they wouldn't know all of the language. Only phrases. If they are very young, they may not be able to read the subtitles, so it would be pointless. Japanese isn't like English. The phrases and sentences don't have the same structure, so it would be hard to learn Japanese from different phrases. It would be hard to pick up on different words and verbs.
2006-11-03 12:33:03 · answer #3 · answered by Caribbean Blue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only a few words, but you'd be lucky at even that. Particularly with it being a young child, you might find that they have even a hard time just understanding what's happening on screen.
Children don't learn languages by staring at a television screen, they learn it by having the language performed around them and being completely immersed within it.
2006-11-03 13:01:28 · answer #4 · answered by Belie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the intent of the TV exhibit is to TEACH the language then sure. Stay clear of Anime and a minimum of watch the dramas because you'll be able to listen 'truly' informal jap in those indicates. However, the pleasant approach is to speak with him in Japanese and skim kid's e-book in jap. You could make jap your 'residence' language. I'm certain he will simply decide upon it up. I grew up surrounded via four one of a kind languages. At residence, I talk anything one of a kind to my mom. Something else to my father and anything else to my possess buddies and anything else to the men and women I pass to college and paintings with. And anything else while speaking in a industry atmosphere or supplying anything at college. So that is five honestly. I do not get careworn however a few phrases spill to different languages.
2016-09-01 06:50:10 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably a few words, sure. But they might have to see the same movie a few times.
2006-11-03 12:37:08 · answer #6 · answered by hopflower 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Umm.... I guess it depends on HOW much you watch it. If it was like all day every day then possibly, but they would not know how to write it. But... theres no way you could get a kid to watch it all day everyday.
2006-11-03 12:35:08 · answer #7 · answered by Ashley P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋