Talking

leesm105

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from my experience, todd are very fast to pick up any language. Especially english that widely use in cc/kinder. So, as soon as they go cc/kinder they can pick very fast via their peer/teachers. Thus, I more concern abt mandarin and try to talk as much of mandarin to ds at home. When they grow older, they may find it difficult to learn mandarin & slowly may drop it... (my ds mandarin is not improve as fast english as he only knows mandarin when he started cc last jan)
As for my gal - 15mths old, recently start more words like "baba, jie2, ball, dedeh-daddy, mama, mummum". or some she knows but dun want to say it out like 'nan2-milk".
 

jinjin39

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Have been talking to my son in english & my parents talk to him in mandarin.Now he start talking,most of the times dun knw wat he's toking abt..:tconfused:
 

lisa_ng

Active Member
i speak chinese to my baby. kind of feeling confused. coz i speak english to my dogs. :weconfused:
 

leesm105

Member
HI Lisa,
Hmm... maybe you want to set a simple schedule, like this week is mandarin week. So, try your best to talk to your baby in mandarin, teach & repeat what you want to tell him/her in mandarin. Start with simple things and 2-3 words sentences.

Hi Jinjin,
what my col does to her son his, keep repeating the same name/words to him until he give the sign of he knows the name of the object or best if he can say it out. Need alots of patient ya... slowly...

my gal now use alots of "baba.. ba..ba..baba...", seems like ball also become "bal...ba.."... all her sentences full of "ba..ba..." hahahaa.... but when she looking for dh will call correctly "daddeh... or ba..ba..baba?"
 

aby

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i speak chinese to my baby. kind of feeling confused. coz i speak english to my dogs. :weconfused:
Lisa-mei, u are soooo CUTE!!!! :red: Hee, i believe ur gal will pick up both languages well..

Heard or seen somewhere can alternate languages between days eg, Mon, Wed, Fri - English and Tue, Thu, Sat - Mandarin.. Sun - off or hokkien.. hahahaha....

My boi started talking well only at ard 3 after sending him to Pre Nursery.. While my ger started young 18mo!!! Gers are naturally faster in developments than bois.. But it differs from child to child.. And I believe, once bois pick up, they master very fast!

Both are very very talkative now.. Can't stop them at all.. Heehee :tlaugh:
 

leesm105

Member
hahaaa.... we parents sometimes are like that. when they haven't start talk.. we worry... but once they start & non-stop we can't take it.
 
My son is quite slow in speech.. he only realy starts to talk when he is 3!
hus & i were so worried..
but aft we put him to nursery class, he started talking & now he can even sing & recite poems!!
*claps*
His sch focus on only Mandarin for nursery class..
will only start English & Mandarin next yr. (k1)
so his chinese is better than his english..
he speaks broken english now. :p

so i m teaching him to speak english at hm..
so he can improve more on that...
 
hahaaa.... we parents sometimes are like that. when they haven't start talk.. we worry... but once they start & non-stop we can't take it.

haha!
agree with u..

sometimes i get irritated with him, cos he sings really loudly. wonder if he did that purposely just to get out attention.. haha!
 

aby

Member
hahaaa.... we parents sometimes are like that. when they haven't start talk.. we worry... but once they start & non-stop we can't take it.
Quote from ~mysterious-m~:
haha!
agree with u..

sometimes i get irritated with him, cos he sings really loudly. wonder if he did that purposely just to get out attention.. haha!

Ya true ma.. Think my noise tolerance level rather low!! Me now find my 2 too talkative ah.. Till my uncle reminded me thru his sharing..

Hi younger son (same age as Ace, 5yo) somehow displayed austitic behaviours and mummbles much.. Refer to a speech specialist.. My uncle mentioned he may delayed his son's P1 entry if he show no improvement..

How blesses we all are! We have bright normal kids!! Praise GOD!! Now i keep force this truth to myself: my 2 are bright and healthy!! Treasure them.. Let them talk, chat and sing!! I stop them from talking only at sleep time..Tell them: pls rest ur mouth and let my ears rest too! hahaha.. :tlaugh:
 
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