http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/07/the-natural-evolution-of-a-bilingual-childs-language-skills/ Raising bilingual and bicultural kids Thu, 26 Jul 2018 07:12:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/07/the-natural-evolution-of-a-bilingual-childs-language-skills/#comment-151936 Stephanie Wed, 04 Jul 2012 03:25:58 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=24825#comment-151936 Yes! You get it! I wish my family would have understood how pressuring a child can affect their will and motivation to speak it. Spanish was my first language but as soon as I learned English (in preschool) my Spanish vocabulary started slowing down and English eventually took over. I would get laughed at when I said a word in Spanish wrong and yet pressured to speak it. In the end I fought back by not speaking it at all. Of course now I regret it and am trying to increase my vocabulary which is equivalent to that of a 6-year-old. AWSOME article. Thanks for reminding us that sometimes it’s best to just continue exposing them to the language and culture and eventually they too will get it. Pressuring children (especially teens) only makes them shut down.

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