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Hey!
Thanks for the useful articles!
My husband’s mom is Finnish, and all her household resides in Finland or different components or Europe. Fortuitously, all of them converse English properly so all of us can talk properly. Nevertheless, my dad and mom are Korean American and though they’ve lived within the US for nearly 40 years, they like to talk in Korean, their household language.
My youngsters are actually 11 and 13 years outdated and I actually want I had taught them Korean to allow them to higher talk with my Korean talking household. I’m pondering of enrolling them in Korean language courses. My 13-year-old can be taking a international language in Excessive College within the fall, however Korean shouldn’t be an choice.Â
Any ideas?
Momo
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Expensive Momo,
Thanks to your query as it’s a scenario that many households encounter when their youngsters are a bit older and so they didn’t converse a household language recurrently. You don’t point out the place you reside proper now. Is there a Korean talking group? Are there friends who might converse Korean along with your youngsters? I perceive that you simply haven’t spoken Korean along with your youngsters thus far, a minimum of not regularly. What’s their opinion about studying Korean now?
As Korean shouldn’t be an choice at college, I might recommend that you simply begin as quickly as attainable, if you and your youngsters are prepared, to introduce the language.
You gained’t essentially have to “educate†them Korean in a proper means, however you can begin with repeating the sentences you say in English, in Korean, in an effort to mannequin the language you need them to study.
I might begin with matters that your youngsters like – music, sports activities, what they like studying and so on. I might recommend you begin within the weekends, when they’re much less drained from faculty, and if you all have extra time to speak and talk.
I discussed earlier than that it will be significant that your youngsters are keen to study your loved ones langauge, Korean. They need to agree with this plan and I might recommend you make it “officialâ€. This labored completely with a few of my purchasers who launched a household language later: when youngsters dedicated formally to studying the brand new language (sure, they signed an official settlement; if you’d like, I can share a pattern with you) they’re motivated and make investments extra time into it, which is important. The rationale for emphasizing this official facet is as a result of 13-year-olds need to be in cost, and so they want a transparent guideline or plan for no matter they decide to.
You can begin with a couple of hours within the weekends, the place you’ll be able to speak about matters they’re considering, or that they’re finding out for college, and introduce some key phrases right here and there, modelling all they’re saying in Korean. I recommend that you’re in control of the language as a result of you’re the essential cause for them to study the household language.
It’s also possible to enrol them in Korean language courses, however I might mix these with what I simply talked about you’ll do with them at dwelling.
In whichever means you introduce Korean, they have to be prepared for it and discover it fascinating. Additionally ask your dad and mom in the event that they can assist you with this; if they might comply with talking Korean along with your youngsters, a minimum of from time to time.
I’ve one final query: how fluent would you like your youngsters to turn into? In order for you them to turn into fluent in talking in addition to studying and writing, it’d take some time. In case your essential objective for them is to have the ability to converse and possibly learn, I personally assume it could be a extra sensible objective to attain within the subsequent 5 years, particularly when you think about that the expectations for different topic areas goes to be rising within the coming years. Nonetheless: it’s by no means too late, and it’s at all times value it to study a house language!
I’m trying ahead to your responses and need you all one of the best!
With type regards,
Ute
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Ute Limacher-Riebold is a researcher, author and an unbiased Language Marketing consultant and Intercultural Communication Coach at Ute’s Worldwide Lounge. She has a PhD in French literature and a Masters in Bilingualism and is a educated Speech and Language Specialist. Ute combines her data in linguistics and intercultural communication, and her expertise as multilingual and multicultural, who managed to efficiently adapt to different languages and cultures, Ute made it her mission to translate analysis into proof primarily based, easy-to-apply ideas for folks, households and practitioners, to make use of in on a regular basis life. After Italy, France, and Switzerland she now lives within the Netherlands along with her Swiss husband and three multilingual and multicultural youngsters. Ute is fluent in English, German, French, Italian, Dutch and Swissgerman, and understands Spanish and Portuguese.