Are you teaching you children a second language?
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Yes.\nRight now, while they're young enough I can still influence them, we are learning Irish.  I use Pimsleur for the kids, and then I am studying using a book and tape system.  It's working fairly well, however, this is nothing like learning French or Spanish.  There is no frame of reference within the English language for pronunciation of Irish Gaelic.\n\nThe reason we are learning Irish is because of our Irish heritage and the fact that there are only 50,000 speakers of this language left.  If I don't teach my children the lyrical tongue of their mothers, it will die.  It's also an extreme intellectual exercise for me, hopefully putting off Alzheimer's for a couple more years.  ;)\n\nWhen they reach high school age, they know they can pick whatever language they feel will serve them in the future.  But I wanted them to learn Irish first.  Anything else will be a piece of cake after that.
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Children pick up language a lot easier than adults do.  If you think he will need English, send him to that school.  It's always good to know more than one language.  It expands the mind.  It will help his vocabulary.  As a previous poster said, just work with him on his native language at home and the teacher at school will work on the English with him and you will have a bright, bilingual kid!
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Absolutely not.  Most parents would consider that language rude if said in the family setting so all the more reason it is inappropraite in a school setting.  I would not be happy if my child where in that class.
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There are British Language schools.
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a specific method for teaching students who are learning English as a second language
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Yes, it is recommended.  Children absorb so teach them all you can.  I am trying to learn Spanish now and finding it difficult.
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ok so your teaching english to kids that don't speak the language? Don't worry about freely speaking because they don't know the difference anyway.\n\nps. what is the original language of the kids?
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Dude, you need to go back to school and learn some grammer.\nLanguage is learned by imitation and vocalization.  It is possable to teach a child two languages from the start.  Learning from TV could be any language that is spoken on that network, like the spanish stations.
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don't you have a teacher to speak with?
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Yeah, we motivate kids to learn English by playing games, but it cause too much energy and time while kids these days are really hard to be controlled! You could try to give them presents i.e stickers, bookmarks, pencils etc. We do that here and it's pretty effective.
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Little to not at all, they put non-english speaking kids in a special learning class (I helped an non-english speaking child 11 yrs old enroll in school) He spent all day learning english, then stopped for gym they said once his skills were good enough they would put him in class with english speaking kids.
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I hope your kidding.\nIf your not you may want to pick up English as a second language.
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I have no idea, but I admire you for wanting to. I've always wanted to know a second language, but never had the self discipline to learn.
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It's better to have two languages spoken. It would be more conveinient if everyone knew how to speak english, but that's a long and hard task to teach many.
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Children, ages five to seven years old, have the ability to use language in different contexts or situations.
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Good question. In our school system they hire illegals without teaching credentials to accomodate spanish only speaking students, yet don't have time to teach my kids a second language. They actually tried for a few months, then stopped without explanation. I guess many of these hispanic students need a lot of attention, because I've pretty much been told it's my job to educate my youngest two kids myself, but I legally must send them to school anyway. Just tell a teacher you are considering home schooling if you want an angry indignant response, though. I guess they need my money guaranteed so they can educate others.
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Many parents have one parent speak in the native language all the time, and one parent speak in another language all the time when children are young so that they learn both languages.  This allows them to understand that other languages are not strange and different, but just a part of everyday life.  \n\nThis generally results in bilingual skills for your child, but if you want a child to learn a little of lots of different languages, you can attach signs on things in different languages (like the fridge, computer, etc) and read them stories in those languages so that they are exposed to them from a young age.  But you are correct in realizing that this is the best time to teach a child to speak another language: when they are in high school, it's generally too late to become fluent unless you live in another country.