Comments on: 5 ways to create a bilingual home http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/11/30/5-ways-to-create-a-bilingual-home/ A bilingual blog and conversational Spanish podcast. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:02:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: eleena http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/11/30/5-ways-to-create-a-bilingual-home/#comment-74 eleena Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:21:37 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/11/30/5-ways-to-create-a-bilingual-home/#comment-74 Austin, Motivation is a key component in becoming proficient in a second language, so you've definitely got the right attitude and outlook! Cool blog you've got there, btw. :) ¡Hasta pronto! Austin,
Motivation is a key component in becoming proficient in a second language, so you’ve definitely got the right attitude and outlook! Cool blog you’ve got there, btw. :) ¡Hasta pronto!

]]> By: Austin http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/11/30/5-ways-to-create-a-bilingual-home/#comment-73 Austin Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:00:37 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/11/30/5-ways-to-create-a-bilingual-home/#comment-73 I wish I had been raised bilingual. However, that would mean I would have grown up in a different home, and well, I wouldn't give up my family just for that! I would love to raise my children in a bi-lingual environment though. So, whether I marry someone who speaks another language, or we live in a different country, or I build fluency in a language to the point where I can use it with my family..somehow, it will happen! I wish I had been raised bilingual. However, that would mean I would have grown up in a different home, and well, I wouldn’t give up my family just for that!

I would love to raise my children in a bi-lingual environment though. So, whether I marry someone who speaks another language, or we live in a different country, or I build fluency in a language to the point where I can use it with my family..somehow, it will happen!

]]> By: Eleena http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/11/30/5-ways-to-create-a-bilingual-home/#comment-59 Eleena Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:14:53 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/11/30/5-ways-to-create-a-bilingual-home/#comment-59 JP, Wow, that is really something. Thank you for sharing your firsthand experience. Unfortunately, in the past, many so-called experts really didn't know what they were talking about. But fortunately times have changed and future generations of parents will be better informed. Thanks for your thoughtful post! :) JP,
Wow, that is really something. Thank you for sharing your firsthand experience. Unfortunately, in the past, many so-called experts really didn’t know what they were talking about. But fortunately times have changed and future generations of parents will be better informed.

Thanks for your thoughtful post! :)

]]> By: JP Villanueva http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/11/30/5-ways-to-create-a-bilingual-home/#comment-58 JP Villanueva Sun, 02 Dec 2007 03:52:25 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/11/30/5-ways-to-create-a-bilingual-home/#comment-58 Voces, I appreciate that series on raising bilingual kids! When I was a kid back in the 70s, the pediatrician told my parents that if they could manage to have an English-only household, it would be better for my education... they were afraid bilingualism *confuses* kids. Stupid pediatrician! The only people confused by bilingualism are monolinguals! So now I don't speak any of the three Filipino languages my parents speak... but that's what's driven me to study linguistics, and probably, that's what brought me to <a href="http://SpanishPod.com" rel="nofollow">SpanishPod</a>. So that decision by the damn pediatrician has, indeed, driven my entire education and professional life, and made me into the man I am today. You know what, though? I would give it all back in a second for the ability to communicate with my family. Studying world languages (and I've studied many!) is so rewarding and gratifying and totally worth it, but it takes dedication and hard work; if only that ignorant pediatrician had kept his mouth shut, I could have been a native speaker of Tagalog and Pangasinan... for free! My parents realized the error in the English-only policy as well when they saw highly successful bilingual kids graduating along side me. My parents did the English-only thing because they could; their English was strong enough support it. But my bilingual friends were often bilingual out of necessity; that is, their parents didn't speak English well, so the kids had to be bilingual. My parents were keen to notice that many of my bilingual friends were more academically successful than I was.... In any case, it's never to late to learn language! That goes for all of us! Eleena, thanks for this discussion... sorry for my long-winded personal rant! Please keep up the great work, colega! JP Villanueva, <a href="http://SpanishPod.com" rel="nofollow">SpanishPod</a> Voces, I appreciate that series on raising bilingual kids! When I was a kid back in the 70s, the pediatrician told my parents that if they could manage to have an English-only household, it would be better for my education… they were afraid bilingualism *confuses* kids. Stupid pediatrician! The only people confused by bilingualism are monolinguals!

So now I don’t speak any of the three Filipino languages my parents speak… but that’s what’s driven me to study linguistics, and probably, that’s what brought me to SpanishPod. So that decision by the damn pediatrician has, indeed, driven my entire education and professional life, and made me into the man I am today.

You know what, though? I would give it all back in a second for the ability to communicate with my family.

Studying world languages (and I’ve studied many!) is so rewarding and gratifying and totally worth it, but it takes dedication and hard work; if only that ignorant pediatrician had kept his mouth shut, I could have been a native speaker of Tagalog and Pangasinan… for free!

My parents realized the error in the English-only policy as well when they saw highly successful bilingual kids graduating along side me. My parents did the English-only thing because they could; their English was strong enough support it. But my bilingual friends were often bilingual out of necessity; that is, their parents didn’t speak English well, so the kids had to be bilingual. My parents were keen to notice that many of my bilingual friends were more academically successful than I was….

In any case, it’s never to late to learn language! That goes for all of us!

Eleena, thanks for this discussion… sorry for my long-winded personal rant! Please keep up the great work, colega!

JP Villanueva, SpanishPod

]]> By: eleena http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/11/30/5-ways-to-create-a-bilingual-home/#comment-56 eleena Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:42:07 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/11/30/5-ways-to-create-a-bilingual-home/#comment-56 Principal for a day? What did the Teacher's Union think about that? :) Thanks for commenting! Principal for a day? What did the Teacher’s Union think about that? :) Thanks for commenting!

]]> By: Patricia http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/11/30/5-ways-to-create-a-bilingual-home/#comment-55 Patricia Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:30:21 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/11/30/5-ways-to-create-a-bilingual-home/#comment-55 This is great advice. In a few school districts around the U.S., there are bilingual Spanish-English language schools. I was principal for a day at a Spanish-English elementary school in Columbus, Ohio. This is great advice. In a few school districts around the U.S., there are bilingual Spanish-English language schools. I was principal for a day at a Spanish-English elementary school in Columbus, Ohio.

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