Which language do you think is the best one for kids to learn these days?

Answer 1

English, it would be nice if people could spell and use proper grammer or at least be aware of it.

Answer 2

I assume you+kids live in the US, then the real question is which second language is best for the kids. I will say Spanish because it's the second language spoken in America. In addition, you can see and hear that language at a lot of places. Kids can see the immediate opportunities to use it and benefit from it; this way they will be more motivated to learn.

Answer 3

Most people's first suggestion seems to be one of the big world languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Arabic (not in that order). This is fine as far as it goes, but there's another way of looking at it:

If you're thinking of the job market, remember that there are gonna be hundreds of people who can translate between Arabic and French, but far far fewer who can translate between Korean and Lithuanian.

Of course, there won't be quite so many jobs for them either, but it does look good on the CV. What's more, learning some random minority language that very few of your compatriots speak can open up incredible cultural gateways to you.

Answer 4

Well,I would say their native language,which is the language of his/her parents &the surrounding environment. if your native tongue differs from the language of the country that you are living in ,then the kid would better learn the parent's language because sooner or later he's gonna pick the other language from his/her environment.
The same thing if your language is the same of the surrounding environment.
After the kid turns 5-6 years you couldstart teaching him/her any other language.Because ,before that the kid might get stuttered !yea ,a part of my major is doing speech therapy &most of kids who are suffering from Stuttering ,were in an environmentof multilingual persons (the mom is America,dad is Chinese &they were in Spain...)o
1* go for the Native language.
2*after turning 5 you could start teaching him another languge"start with the difficult ones at this age".I mean difficult in grammar or pronunciation (Ex. Frensh,Arabic or Spanis)
3*You'd better speak to him at homein just one language.


Note:
Some kids didn't get stuttered in some cases even if they were living in a multilingual environment,but MOST of them do.
Hope it helps.
Good luck

Answer 5

Whatever language the kid is interested in.

My sister-in=law's first language is Spanish. They wanted their daughter to study Spanish because it's "useful" and her mom could help her. She wanted to study Japanese and was flunking out of Spanish. When she switched to Japanese, she did much better.

If you're the kid looking for a language to learn, maybe you could find out about some different cultures a little bit through exchange students or reading and see what culture appeals to you the most. I studied French, and I think the Romatic languages, espeically Spanish, are easier for Americans to get started on -- although I've heard German is easy for us to understand. Asian languages are TOUGH, but if you're interested in one and it's offered, you should definitely study it.

Answer 6

Living in England, I'd have to say French, German or Spanish. Face it, you're much more likely to pop over the channel and visit one of those countries than fly half-way round the world to China. Mandarin may be the world most spoken language, and China may be up and coming in power, but I'm still much more likely to find European languages useful.

Answer 7

Judging by the spelling & grammar in most of the questions on this site, I suggest we try to make sure they have a good grasp of English before making them learn any other language.

Answer 8

I think English is the best language for children to learn since it is so widely distributed throughout the world.

Answer 9

I think it depends on the area you live in and what the population consists of. If you live in Texas, Spanish would make sense. If you live closer to Canada something like French might be better.

Answer 10

english first but if your not counting that i think that any language will be useful in the future.

a couple of years ago i stayed in turkey for a year and learnt turkish perfectly. but when i came back to the uk i didnt think that it will ever be useful again.

i was obvisouly wrong and i have forgotten most of it and i not have a turkish wife so there you go

Answer 11

english, of course, a lot of people nowadays don't mind grammar and spelling, but it's really important. next to that you can do spanish, or french. find a language that many people speak.