a question about multilingual babies

[lofa]

Dear Tamar & Yves,

I was just wondering how long you  were planning to remain in the country 
with the 4th language?  how well do you speak that 4th language yourself? 
Why didn't you name that 4th language, what's so secret about it, do you 
like the culture there? Your perception of languages may affect the way your 
child will relate to them.   And does your son look to you like he's 
bothered by the present linguistic diversity now, like he's not reacting 
like you'd expect him to? You certainly do not have to reply, but it might 
help to ask yourself those questions.

I see kids with language delays in France, and true that most of them are 
from bi- & tri-lingual families (I'd say 80%), but most of those families 
have to deal with situations and most of the mothers did not go to college 
(the mother's education matters in case of language delays) and some only 
speak French so well.  Most of the time, there is some kind of cultural gap 
between France and their cultures.  I think the issue is not bilingualism, 
it is biligualism in those situations.

I side with those who say that a kid needs his parents to communicate with 
him as much as possible, in the language that they feel is the most 
authentic for them.

Kind regards,

Véronique


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From: "Tamar & Yves" <tamarmr at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 12:18 PM
To: "Info-CHILDES" <info-childes at googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: a question about multilingual babies

> Dear beachjade,
> Thanks for the referals. In our case, multiligualism is a necessity,
> so what's left is to find out how to supprt our son's acuisition of
> those 4 languages more easily.
>
> This is why we find your referal to studies on the psychological
> aspects of it so helpful.
>
> Thanks again,
> Tamar & Yves
>
> On 9 מאי, 02:25, beachjade <beachj... at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear Tamar and Yves,
>>
>> There is a recent paper by Janet Werker that may be relevant to your 
>> second
>> question about how early should you expose your child to his many 
>> languages.
>>  In contrast to an earlier response to your post, my reading of the
>> literature suggests that bilingualism/multilingualism in an of itself is 
>> not
>> a risk factor in development.  This is echoed by
>>
>> http://www.lsadc.org/info/pdf_files/Bilingual.pdf
>>
>> <http://www.lsadc.org/info/pdf_files/Bilingual.pdf>http://www.psychologicalscience.org/journals/pspi/pspi_10_3.pdf
>>
>> <http://www.psychologicalscience.org/journals/pspi/pspi_10_3.pdf>http://www.psychologicalscience.org/media/releases/2010/werker.cfm
>>
>> On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Tamar & Yves <tama... at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > Hello all,
>> > Our 10 months old son is exposed to 3 languages at home ( each one of
>> > us is speaking to him his mother- tongue, and we speak English between
>> > us) and to a 4th one outside.
>>
>> > Soon he will be starting Nursery, and we were wondering what language
>> > it should be in. Is it better to expose him simultaneously to all 4
>> > languages or should we do it gradually over the first few years of his
>> > life (It's possible to sign him up to a nursery in my husnband's
>> > mother tongue (2)/ english (3)/ bi lingual (enviroment+English)(4))
>>
>> > We don't want language acquisition to be too much of a burden on him,
>> > and not sure how many languages he can learn at once.
>>
>> > We are aware of the large number of factors affecting the answer, but
>> > does anyone know or refer us to research done on the specific issues
>> > of (i) number of languages babies can learn and its implication on
>> > their emotional state; and (ii) Is it better to expose a baby to those
>> > languages simultaneously or gradually over the first few years of his
>> > life.
>>
>> > Thanks,
>> > Tamar & Yves
>>
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