Comments on: Are You Raising Truly Bilingual Kids?

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By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:20:28 +0000

Hi–

He is working on German with them, mostly reading. I am going all the way using all of the Coquito books I purchased in Peru. I was able to teach my older son to read in Spanish before kindergarten so I know that he will learn to read in English easily. I am working with the younger one too. Love using Coquito!

By: Bethany

Bethany — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:41:25 +0000

Bilingual has to do with speaking (lingual-lengua) two (bi) languages. Biliterate is a way to describe the ability to also read and write both languages spoken. California even offers a State Seal of Biliteracy on the diplomas of graduating high school students who have proven academic proficiency in all modalities of English and another language (as evidenced in passing an AP language exam, GPA over the course of language study, international languages test, etc). As a high school AP Spanish Language and Culture teacher, part of my recruiting process is attending the meetings our school has with Latino parents to advocate enrolling their students in Spanish courses so that they won’t just be bilingual, but also biliterate, which will put them in a league of their own when it comes to jobs and their future studies. Bilingual is undoubtedly better, but biliterate is even better than that; biliteracy a thick layer of frosting with rosettes and a candle on top the yummy bilingual cake. I think it’s important enough that I’m doing the same to my own daughter. At 4 1/2 she speaks beautiful Spanish and English and I’m hopeful that the reading skills she picks up when she starts school in English next year carry over into Spanish (if her knowledge of the sounds of the letters of both languages is an indication, I think this will occur). When she reaches an age where there are actual Spanish courses she can take, she will have to take them to clean up what I may have missed. She can hate me temporarily for it (since she will likely end up in my classes) and appreciate me later.

By: Adana

Adana — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 09:18:32 +0000

Hi Roxana!
We use that technique ‘OPOL’, so I speak to them in Spanish, hubby in Hungarian and in school they learn English; this year my 7yr old has started learning French at school. My nearly 4yr old speaks Spanish, a bit of Hungarian and has started to say more words in English now that he’s at nursery. My 1yr old is just sarting to get the idea of everything, bless her. We tend to do everything about languages as natural and normal as possible (and OPOL helps a lot in that!) so that they get the idea that that’s how life is: ‘in different languages’. The thing with languages is that you have to be persistent and keep practicing it, isn’t it? so I appreciate it is harder if one parent is teaching two languages at the same time like in your case, specially if the time factor is an issue but as they say over here ‘every little helps’

By: Kelly A. Serrano

Kelly A. Serrano — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 04:39:55 +0000

Dear Roxana,

I wonder the exact same thing. I had someone actually asked me:

“Do you think your kids need to read & write in their second language to be truly bilingual?” (your questions from above).

I just did not know what to say or think. BUT I am LOVING the responses here. I so agree with Anabell.

Kelly

By: Roxana A. Soto

Roxana A. Soto — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 22:09:19 +0000

Hola Adana! Gracias por tu comentario.

What three languages are your children learning? I really wanted to teach my kids French, which is my third language, but it has been a little bit harder than I initially thought… My 4-year-old son, though, seems to be very interested in learning ever since I started reading some French books to him at night and so I’m thinking I need to get back to at least exposing them to a third language.

Thanks for stopping by and good luck in your trilingual journey with your kids!

By: Roxana A. Soto

Roxana A. Soto — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 22:05:18 +0000

I can only imagine, Susan! It’s obviously much easier to become biliterate in languages with the same writing system! I’ve just always liked how people define bilingualism compared to how I define it. As I mentioned, I wouldn’t be able to get hired as a bilingual journalist, if I wasn’t able to read and write in both English and Spanish.

Is your husband teaching your sons to read and write in German?

By: Roxana A. Soto

Roxana A. Soto — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 22:02:13 +0000

You’re right! In an ideal world, bilingual people are also bicultural, but that’s not always the case. For example, my third language is French and despite being able to speak, read and write it, I don’t have enough exposure to all things French to feel as comfortable in that culture as I do in the cultures of the other two languages I speak.

When it comes to Spanish and our Latino culture, however, I’m doing everything in my power so that my kids are able to go between their two worlds effortlessly, like you said.