Comments on: Why Do We Teach Our Children Spanish?

By: Christian Castro

Christian Castro — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 01:29:29 +0000

This is Something I desire to do with my children. Teaching Spanish not only at school but at Home is something I will do to open doors for my children as they become Bilengual. I often meet people that talk about how their parents are bilengual but didnt teach their kids the language and they wish they could have learn a new language. It is something I will do!

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By: Ana Flores

Ana Flores — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 06:34:05 +0000

So happy you wrote this because I do believe we all have to question ourselves because, as Laura mentions above, we don’t want our drive to raise bilingual kids to become a turn off for our kids.

Posing this question also makes us accountable for our motives and helps us continue when it gets tough.

We should all have our Why Do We Teach Our Children Spanish board!

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 04:56:56 +0000

I think it is imperative that we ask the question “Why do we teach our children Spanish”. While preparing our children for a prosperous future is a large part of parenting, sacrificing their childhood now – doesn’t have to be part of the gamble. As Susan’s article points out her children are already reaping the benefits of being bilingual. Their enjoyment of it will ensure that they will keep the skill into adulthood. While a trip to China could be a great adventure for some, doing it merely with the hopes that it will pay off later seems risky. I try to teach my daughters Spanish as a fun skill to enjoy now and hopefully sustain for the long run. While reading the Wall Street Journal article I kept thinking of a girl on my swim team as a child. Her parents got up early and sacrificed weekends and summers for her to compete in swimming. The girl worked hard and did well but the love of swimming was gone. And after her freshman year in high school on the swim team she quit; and her parents dreams of college scholarships were gone. I sincerely hope that people will read “Why do we teach our children Spanish” and incorporate fun into being bilingual. While learning a language will not be all fun lets hope it’s not all drudgery.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:52:22 +0000

Another wonderful article about bilingualism! I could have almost written it myself, although I also learned Spanish as an adult, I am only an intermediate level speaker and far from fluent.

I asked myself the exact same questions when I argued with my husband over sending our now 7-year old to a language immersion school. I was all for it – he against it. After a lot of soul searching, I learned a lot about myself and my goals as a parent. My husband is now seeing the benefits of our bright 2nd grader, having conversations in Spanish with a native like accent, and getting compliments from friends and family.

Regardless of one’s motivations behind teaching their kids Spanish – its all GOOD! Learning language is a wonderful and fascinating process to watch! Spanish is a useful, needed, and beautiful language! I am so proud of my decision to have my little blonde daughter learn it and happy to defend it to anybody who questions it!