Comments on: To Correct My Child’s Mistakes in Spanish or Not… http://spanglishbaby.com/2011/01/to-correct-my-childs-mistakes-in-spanish-or-not/ Raising bilingual and bicultural kids Thu, 26 Jul 2018 07:12:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 By: link 188bet http://spanglishbaby.com/2011/01/to-correct-my-childs-mistakes-in-spanish-or-not/#comment-1307470 link 188bet Mon, 03 Nov 2014 02:47:26 +0000 http://www.spanglishbaby.com/?p=10339#comment-1307470 Hmm Well I was just searching on yahoo and just came across your website, in general I just only visit sites and retrieve my required info but this time the useful information that you posted in this post urged me to post here and appreciate your diligent work. I just bookmarked your site. Thank you again.

]]> By: Keen http://spanglishbaby.com/2011/01/to-correct-my-childs-mistakes-in-spanish-or-not/#comment-16945 Keen Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:56:55 +0000 http://www.spanglishbaby.com/?p=10339#comment-16945 Dariela, based on the two previous comments, I think you’re right, the key is probably repetition, repetition. :-)

]]> By: Keen http://spanglishbaby.com/2011/01/to-correct-my-childs-mistakes-in-spanish-or-not/#comment-16944 Keen Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:55:46 +0000 http://www.spanglishbaby.com/?p=10339#comment-16944 Beth, I love the story about your daughter! Thanks for the perspective–sometimes it’s hard to look at the long term as opposed to what’s happening right now. My kids are so young, so I love hearing from parents with older kids who have been there! And you’re right that communicating with Mom has to feel good. Especially since I’m the only one who speaks to them in Spanish, it’s our special language and I don’t want it to become a chore.

]]> By: Keen http://spanglishbaby.com/2011/01/to-correct-my-childs-mistakes-in-spanish-or-not/#comment-16943 Keen Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:52:27 +0000 http://www.spanglishbaby.com/?p=10339#comment-16943 Beth, thanks so much for your comment! I appreciate the support, and your professional opinion because I must admit I was feeling kind of at a loss on this one. And my boys have come so far, the last thing I want to do is bring them down!

]]> By: Dariela http://spanglishbaby.com/2011/01/to-correct-my-childs-mistakes-in-spanish-or-not/#comment-16932 Dariela Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:57:45 +0000 http://www.spanglishbaby.com/?p=10339#comment-16932 My gosh, you’re definitely not alone, your story (except for the masters degree) is exactly like mine, with the same phrases in spanish! I feel tired too of correcting my son but I don’t have any other solution for it, I keep doing it and doing it trusting that after time he will know.

]]> By: BethO http://spanglishbaby.com/2011/01/to-correct-my-childs-mistakes-in-spanish-or-not/#comment-16915 BethO Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:56:00 +0000 http://www.spanglishbaby.com/?p=10339#comment-16915 Kimberly, I don’t think you have to look for the right approach. I really think you are doing it just right, already. By giving feedback gently, you are showing patience and compassion, not stressing them out or making them feel negatively about the language. At the same time, you’e not giving up or giving in.
I would like to tell you about my (monolingual) daughter’s grammar when she was little. She started talking early but from the very beginning she said things like “pick up the me” and many, many other strange constructions I don’t remember anymore. Even as late as age 10 she still said funny things once in a while. She had a large vocabulary, just odd grammar. I was correcting her when she was around 1 or 2, but at some point I noticed it was making her feel badly and I stopped. She always loved to read books, and to listen to grownups talk, so I figured that’s a great reinforcement of the correct constructions. I took a leap of faith and decided to put it down to her personality. She was just doing things her own certain way, which she does have a tendency to do. It was a little tough not to be worried when teachers sometimes commented on this issue. But I am super glad I decided to not to stress, and let itself work out in the long term. I did see that it was gradually, gradually changing over time. In hindsight I know at least this for sure: for a kid, Communicating with Mom has to basically feel good more or less most of the time, or they will slowly, slowly stop going for that. As they get older they have more and more options for other people to communicate with… I’m not saying don’t tell them anything difficult, only that it’s important to be patient and compassionate, just like you are doing, Kimberly!
Now, my daughter is 19. She likes to write poetry, and on her college entrance exams she got very close to a perfect score in the language section.
Just keep providing lots of good examples and models of correct grammar, and think long term.

]]> By: Beth Butler http://spanglishbaby.com/2011/01/to-correct-my-childs-mistakes-in-spanish-or-not/#comment-16914 Beth Butler Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:19:00 +0000 http://www.spanglishbaby.com/?p=10339#comment-16914 Wow! The Master’s program sounds brutal, lacking self-confidence, and like an emotional roller coaster. What a gift that you have now that it’s over, but the process must have been challenging (and THAT is an understatement).

I will only say that we cannot GIVE children self-esteem, we can only help BUILD it and correcting mistakes with young children in language acquisition chops away at that self-esteem. Using the ‘teachable moment’ to model the correct way to say something that was earlier said incorrectly is what I propose and stand behind 100% as I train teachers and parents on this topic.

Good for you Kimberly – good for you!

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