How did you teach your children or how did you learn a second language?
I really would like to teach my children to learn Italian. They are taught Spanish in school and it isn’t that much different. I am debating as to how to approach it.
I learned at a very young age as my father would only let me speak to him in Italian. I don’t want to go about it that way for my own children as I am trying to limit the emotional scarring.
I was wondering how you taught your children or how your parents taught you. This is mainly for English speakers that were taught a language of their heritage, but I suppose situations may vary.
Spanish is a must for my daughter since she has family who does not Speak English but that doesn’t mean force it on her. Since my daughter was born I associated things to her in both English and Spanish that way it’s not forceful and they remember both. My daughter is now 3 and I still don’t force it or only speak to her in spanish but I do it in a fun learning way. Ex. I will point to something and ask her what it is and if she says it in English first then I say good and then tell her how to say it in Spanish and vice versa. You don’t want your children to think you are hounding them to do it in a way where they will enjoy it and remember at the same time. Even if that means doing activities like sporting activities and teaching them Italian while they are interacting. Ex. if you want to say kick the ball you can say Da le ( that’s spanish) the ball; speak spanglish lol.
Songs are another wonderful way to do so.
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