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Posted on 10/11/24 at 8:46 am to Espritdescorps
Should probably learn programming languages instead
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Posted on 10/11/24 at 8:46 am to Pelican fan99
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Trying to get a 7 year old to learn Japanese sounds like a nightmare. Probably should start with something a bit easier baw
Studies have shown that people learn foreign languages best and easiest when they’re toddlers. So actually that would be the best age to learn Japanese.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 8:51 am to Espritdescorps
Make them say the rosary in french.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 8:52 am to Espritdescorps
An hour a day?? Dude, Duolingo lessons are four minutes each. Make her goal two lessons a day. Otherwise she will grow to resent an extra hour a day “in school.” She’s not 13, and you don’t have the skills to be a tutor in Japanese, either.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 8:55 am to Espritdescorps
Spanish is what she needs to learn, or Arabic, as Muslims will eventually be our overlords. Hopefully that won't come in her lifetime.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 9:06 am to Espritdescorps
Practice, practice, practice. Far from an expert, but from learning Spanish as an adult who dicked around in high school Spanish class, I can tell you what helped the most is just hearing it and speaking it even if you get something wrong.
With our son we try to speak to him in Spanish (wife is fluent) as much as possible, and his grandparents typically only speak to him in Spanish. He's only 18 months so not a lot of words he can speak, but he responds to words in English and Spanish already.
With our son we try to speak to him in Spanish (wife is fluent) as much as possible, and his grandparents typically only speak to him in Spanish. He's only 18 months so not a lot of words he can speak, but he responds to words in English and Spanish already.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 9:07 am to Espritdescorps
Get a Colombian nanny
Posted on 10/11/24 at 9:09 am to Espritdescorps
My kids are tri-lingual. They are fluent in English, Spanish, and French. One also has a little Japanese proficiency. Overall I'd say it's a mixed bag. On then pro side, aside from the benefit of using the language, you also get some insight into how language works and there's some evidence that it helps in other mental pursuits. On the con side, it's very hard to compete against people who have complete mastery of a single language, and a lot of work-related competitions are won at the margin, where that mastery counts.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 9:16 am to jmarto1
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Get a Colombian nanny
Already tried, wife vetoed lol.. I already speak french but my daughter wasn’t interested.. so I figure why force something on her… she seems to really like Japanese and already count to 100 and knows her colors and how to say common greetings.. I’m picking it up too!
Posted on 10/11/24 at 9:17 am to Espritdescorps
All kids in America should have to learn Chinese. It won’t be too long before China is the new US and we’re the ones who get contained and blockaded by the Chinese.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 9:20 am to sta4ever
quote:Over my dead body...
It won’t be too long before China is the new US and we’re the ones who get contained and blockaded by the Chinese.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 9:30 am to Espritdescorps
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Any of you baws starting your kids on a foreign language? I just regret not being more fluent in another language and kids don’t learn shite in elementary school Spanish.
I made my 7 yo a deal that she’d have to do an hour a day of a language if she wants to play games on the tablet.. she got to chose any language and the only one she had any interest in was Japanese because they have an island with 1000 odd bunnies on it that she wants to go to haha. The language has 3 different friggin alphabets so that should be fun!
Any advice on how to keep it interesting ? I figure worst case scenario I get to spend quality time with my girls and best case they speak Japanese and marry a successful Toyota engineer and I get a discount on a Tacoma
my kid is taking it right now but in general...i think it is useless for the most part. In a professional setting you will be using english.
we have google translate already and already have ear buds that can translate in real time. in 10 years it will be useless imo.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 9:33 am to Espritdescorps
My daughter’s boyfriend is good at Ebonics from what I’ve heard. Haven’t met him yet!! Can’t wait for Thanksgiving!!
Posted on 10/11/24 at 9:36 am to Espritdescorps
By the time your daughter is in college, she’ll already be speaking a foreign language, English.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 9:39 am to Big Gorilla
If she gets good enough at Japanese, do what my cousin did ........go to work for the CIA after learning .......
I graduated High School in Tokyo. I learned to speak and pronounce Japanese on the trains. The Japanese kids speaking English and our correcting them. Then we spoke Japanese .....and we got corrected ....My little brother learned Japanese watching TV, then going to the Japanese maid and getting corrected.
I graduated High School in Tokyo. I learned to speak and pronounce Japanese on the trains. The Japanese kids speaking English and our correcting them. Then we spoke Japanese .....and we got corrected ....My little brother learned Japanese watching TV, then going to the Japanese maid and getting corrected.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 9:45 am to Espritdescorps
Posted on 10/11/24 at 9:56 am to Espritdescorps
Enroll them in an immersion program
Posted on 10/11/24 at 10:06 am to jmarto1
Common sense says Spanish. More & more employment companies are looking for bilingual prospects only. And those millions of replacement voters will be multiplying like rabbits in the coming decade.. My youngest son has been teaching English to Japanese children for 6+ yrs now & he raves about easy they learn at younger ages. While China is obviously "moving " into the country, there are, as yet, few Chinese companies hiring Americans. Japanese companies, on the other hand, are becoming more prominent here, especially in certain industries.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 10:32 am to North Dallas Tiger
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Spanish is probably the most useful. I would say German would also be a good one to know,
I worked with our counterparts in Germany. They were not impressed if you tried to speak German, they would say "English is the language of business", and their English was very good.
Spanish would be much more useful, you'll encounter plenty of Spanish speaking people who don't know much English.
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