Comments on: What are the cons of Bilingualism? http://www.bilingualforfun.com/2009/04/25/what-are-the-cons-of-bilingualism/ Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:40:17 -0700 hourly 1 By: Bilingualism at 23 months, I | Bilingual For Fun http://www.bilingualforfun.com/2009/04/25/what-are-the-cons-of-bilingualism/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Bilingualism at 23 months, I | Bilingual For Fun Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:06:58 +0000 http://bilingualforfun.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-121 [...] Let me say it, I’m really happy! A. is a fully bilingual little boy. He understands everything in both languages, acts to instructions given in either language, and most of all, he speaks both languages! He was quite a late talker, so now that he’s 23 month old neither the quantity nor the variety of his speech are astonishing, and this is perfectly Ok. Every child has his/her own pace, and being male, a single child and (may be also) bilingual does not help. [...] [...] Let me say it, I’m really happy! A. is a fully bilingual little boy. He understands everything in both languages, acts to instructions given in either language, and most of all, he speaks both languages! He was quite a late talker, so now that he’s 23 month old neither the quantity nor the variety of his speech are astonishing, and this is perfectly Ok. Every child has his/her own pace, and being male, a single child and (may be also) bilingual does not help. [...]

]]> By: L. http://www.bilingualforfun.com/2009/04/25/what-are-the-cons-of-bilingualism/comment-page-1/#comment-7 L. Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:06:39 +0000 http://bilingualforfun.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-7 Thanks for sharing your experience Kataroma! You touch on a very very good point, bilingualism is just a matter of fact in most countries, something that happens naturally because the country is multilingual, because some neighgbours will speak a language and some school mates will speak another, kind of thing... Easy. All this fuzz is typical of European countries that are just not familiar with bilingualism. Thanks for sharing your experience Kataroma! You touch on a very very good point, bilingualism is just a matter of fact in most countries, something that happens naturally because the country is multilingual, because some neighgbours will speak a language and some school mates will speak another, kind of thing… Easy.
All this fuzz is typical of European countries that are just not familiar with bilingualism.

]]> By: kataroma http://www.bilingualforfun.com/2009/04/25/what-are-the-cons-of-bilingualism/comment-page-1/#comment-6 kataroma Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:50:04 +0000 http://bilingualforfun.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-6 This is really good to read. We're raising our daughter trilingual (English-Italian-Dutch) mainly because we're an Australian-Dutch couple living in Italy so it just comes naturally - but we've been told all kinds of things from "your child will be a late talker" to "more than two languages is too much." I found it very enlightening to talk to an Indian friend of mine who said that pretty much all educated Indians in his native Mumbai learn and become fluent in 4 languages - Hindi, English, and a couple of other Indian languages. He said that he, his brother and his schoolmates had no problems speaking all 4 on a daily basis. Although he's struggling to learn French as an adult. Puts things into perspective! This is really good to read. We’re raising our daughter trilingual (English-Italian-Dutch) mainly because we’re an Australian-Dutch couple living in Italy so it just comes naturally – but we’ve been told all kinds of things from “your child will be a late talker” to “more than two languages is too much.”

I found it very enlightening to talk to an Indian friend of mine who said that pretty much all educated Indians in his native Mumbai learn and become fluent in 4 languages – Hindi, English, and a couple of other Indian languages. He said that he, his brother and his schoolmates had no problems speaking all 4 on a daily basis. Although he’s struggling to learn French as an adult. Puts things into perspective!

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