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Hi Ka Yee.. incredibly great info..tq very much..i came across your channel last year and ald subscribed to it..i'm chia yee from malaysia..chinese is my mother tongue,n i also speak hokkien,English and malay language..I'd love my only daughter to speak in Chinese and English fluently..thanks for the great input..
@ooijenn Thank you so uch for your kind words!! I am so happy to hear that you've found my content helpful ❤️ It's amazing that you're planning to raise your daughter to speak Chinese and English! Are you planning to speak to her in Mandarin or Hokkien? x
Hi my tot is 3 years old next month..she has started to speak Mandarin to her dad..n mixed English and Mandarin to me..well, currently no plan to speak dialect like hokkien..I will speak English to her..n insisted her to answer in English..yes,when she feels that I could understand Mandarin,she tends to speak Mandarin and English to me..
It's amazing to get to listen to ur English..u speak perfect English..how good if I were to speak fluent English like u..if possible,I will make my tot to learn to speak simple Malay language as well.. currently I enrol her to a Buddhist nursery n the dominant language there is Chinese even though they learn simple English..I plan to send her for two years there..by age 5 and 6 I will enrol her in st Henry which focuses on English and Malay..tq ka yee
Thank you so much for this! I do have a question as I keep going back and forth between what language to use with my daughter. I'm a native English and Polish speaker and my husband is Czech. We currently live in Germany and our daughter will be attending German school so I'm not worried about her picking up German. My husband and I speak English together and so far my husband has been exclusively speaking Czech to our daughter (she's 8 months old now) while I have been exclusively speaking English as for a while we thought we may move to Poland so she would pick up Polish there. Now we have decided to stay here so I'm wondering if it makes sense for me to start speaking Polish with her and then have English as our family language. Do you think that makes sense? As English is a more commonly spoken language I don't want her English skills to suffer if I will start speaking Polish with her 😅
Hi @worldbeliever! Thank you so much for your comment, and I’m so glad you found the video helpful! 😊 I can totally empathise with your situation - wow, what a fascinating language mix you have going on in your family! To me, the heart of your question is whether you want to raise your daughter to be trilingual (English, Czech, German) or quadrilingual (adding Polish into the mix). And honestly, there’s no “right” or “wrong” answer to this! On the path you’re currently on, she is set to be trilingual (Czech from your husband, English from you, and German from the communit), which is already such a wonderful gift. That said, if you’re thinking about adding Polish, it’s definitely possible, but it would require some strategic planning. You could try something like a Time and Place strategy, where you speak Polish to her during certain times of the day or in specific situations (e.g. while you’re doing certain activities together or on weekends). It all depends on how much time, energy, and resources you feel you can dedicate to it. We went through a similar decision ourselves - whether to go for trilingual or quadrilingual - and ultimately, we chose to focus on raising our kids trilingual. It was a tough choice, and we totally get the dilemma you’re facing!
@@themultilingualfamilyhub This is really helpful advice! May I ask your input on my situation? We live in China. My wife speaks Chinese exclusively. I speak English (native), French (second language but not native level), Chinese. My wife and I speak to each other in Chinese. My child will attend international school (English). Should we go for bilingual English/Chinese? Trilingual English/French/Chinese? How best to add French? For context, I'll be the only French speaker around.
@@slowlearner3785 Hi! Sorry for the late reply but I only just saw your message! I think we've now addressed these questions in our call earlier this week :) Wishing you all the best!!
I hope you'll all find this course helpful!! 💗 Share your comments below or any questions you've got - I'll try to answer as many of them as possible 👍
Hi Ka Yee.. incredibly great info..tq very much..i came across your channel last year and ald subscribed to it..i'm chia yee from malaysia..chinese is my mother tongue,n i also speak hokkien,English and malay language..I'd love my only daughter to speak in Chinese and English fluently..thanks for the great input..
@ooijenn Thank you so uch for your kind words!! I am so happy to hear that you've found my content helpful ❤️ It's amazing that you're planning to raise your daughter to speak Chinese and English! Are you planning to speak to her in Mandarin or Hokkien? x
Hi my tot is 3 years old next month..she has started to speak Mandarin to her dad..n mixed English and Mandarin to me..well, currently no plan to speak dialect like hokkien..I will speak English to her..n insisted her to answer in English..yes,when she feels that I could understand Mandarin,she tends to speak Mandarin and English to me..
It's amazing to get to listen to ur English..u speak perfect English..how good if I were to speak fluent English like u..if possible,I will make my tot to learn to speak simple Malay language as well.. currently I enrol her to a Buddhist nursery n the dominant language there is Chinese even though they learn simple English..I plan to send her for two years there..by age 5 and 6 I will enrol her in st Henry which focuses on English and Malay..tq ka yee
Thank you so much for this! I do have a question as I keep going back and forth between what language to use with my daughter. I'm a native English and Polish speaker and my husband is Czech. We currently live in Germany and our daughter will be attending German school so I'm not worried about her picking up German. My husband and I speak English together and so far my husband has been exclusively speaking Czech to our daughter (she's 8 months old now) while I have been exclusively speaking English as for a while we thought we may move to Poland so she would pick up Polish there. Now we have decided to stay here so I'm wondering if it makes sense for me to start speaking Polish with her and then have English as our family language. Do you think that makes sense? As English is a more commonly spoken language I don't want her English skills to suffer if I will start speaking Polish with her 😅
Hi @worldbeliever!
Thank you so much for your comment, and I’m so glad you found the video helpful! 😊
I can totally empathise with your situation - wow, what a fascinating language mix you have going on in your family!
To me, the heart of your question is whether you want to raise your daughter to be trilingual (English, Czech, German) or quadrilingual (adding Polish into the mix).
And honestly, there’s no “right” or “wrong” answer to this! On the path you’re currently on, she is set to be trilingual (Czech from your husband, English from you, and German from the communit), which is already such a wonderful gift.
That said, if you’re thinking about adding Polish, it’s definitely possible, but it would require some strategic planning. You could try something like a Time and Place strategy, where you speak Polish to her during certain times of the day or in specific situations (e.g. while you’re doing certain activities together or on weekends). It all depends on how much time, energy, and resources you feel you can dedicate to it.
We went through a similar decision ourselves - whether to go for trilingual or quadrilingual - and ultimately, we chose to focus on raising our kids trilingual. It was a tough choice, and we totally get the dilemma you’re facing!
@themultilingualfamilyhub thank you so much for the food for thought. I'll take some more time to think it all through 😊
@@themultilingualfamilyhub This is really helpful advice! May I ask your input on my situation?
We live in China.
My wife speaks Chinese exclusively.
I speak English (native), French (second language but not native level), Chinese.
My wife and I speak to each other in Chinese.
My child will attend international school (English).
Should we go for bilingual English/Chinese?
Trilingual English/French/Chinese?
How best to add French? For context, I'll be the only French speaker around.
@@slowlearner3785 Hi! Sorry for the late reply but I only just saw your message! I think we've now addressed these questions in our call earlier this week :) Wishing you all the best!!