Trilingual. Because bilingual is too mainstream.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

no. im going to let them learn a language only if they want to. it was a bitch "learning" one for me

by Anonymous 12 years ago

No no no no! You're limiting them of the opportunity to learn a whole fucking language as simply as being potty trained! By the time they're mature enough to realise which language they want to learn, it'll be far too late and they'll have to learn it like adults. If they don't like the other language when they grow up having known it, they can choose not to practice it. But if they do realise they want it and you didn't let them learn it as a baby, they can't simply learn it in a couple years as they could before! They'll have to spend years and it'll be a //bitch// to them to learn it as it was to you. Don't deprive them of such an amazing opportunity. It's like, if you could have fluency in any language at the snap of your fingers, would you do it? Yes. Then why not let your children have that if you did not?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

actually, i wouldnt. learning another language would have no use to me in the career i am planning to go in to. luckily, most vacation spots i go to speak english, so i wouldnt need it either. it serves absolutely no purpose. if they want to learn it, then they can learn it and put the effort in.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

(cry2) You're missing out, man. You don't realise the entire world that hides behind every language.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

the amount of happiness i would gain by knowing this is not equivalent to the painful studies and hours of sleep loss. to me, its just not worth it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That's exactly what I'm saying. Your kids could have all that happiness and all those travel opportunities or NONE of those painful studies or sleep loss!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm a little late, but here's an example that might clear things up: From the day I was born, my mom spoke English around me and my dad spoke Spanish. By the time I was able to talk, I knew both fluently. I never had to study Spanish, I just learned it like you learned your first language.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

the problem is that i (or my wife) would have to learn another language to teach them it. that would suck as well

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That's a good point.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Trilingual if I can. English, Russian, and French.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I won't teach them Spanish or Japanese. I'm going to teach them some random language that they'll most likely never use.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Bilingual is preferable, but only if they don't hate the language. I take Chinese (I am Chinese) and I really hate the language, but the government forces everyone to learn their mother tongue. Personally, I think it should be called a bitchy mother in law tongue.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm going to teach my children English and ASL from birth. Maybe Spanish or German, depending on where we live.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

ASL?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

American Sign Language

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Ah. Why is sign language different across the world - or do you know?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm not sure why, sorry.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Ah, well. That's alright.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The same reason any country has a different language from another, really. Different countries created different sign languages to be used. For example, BSL is different from ASL because people in Britain came up with a different language then people in America, like how the Chinese made a different language then the English. People would assume that BSL and ASL are similar, but they are totally different. ASL is actually much closer to FSL.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Ah. I assumed it would have been International, as the deaf weren't exactly catered to until recently.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'll just speak to them in my language and theyll pick it up that way. Not going to force them to take classes or anything

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I hope my kids will learn Serbian and Italian. I am Serbian, and I hope to marry an Italian woman.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Problem one: I'm not bilingual, so I am not exactly sure how I could teach them two languages. The only way that will happen is if I marry someone bilingual.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm definitely teaching them English and Tigrinya, and if I ever master Spanish I'll teach them that too.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'll be teaching my kids German. I have it on good authority that German will be the language of the land within 50 years. Okay, fine, a Mandarin Chinese variant of German.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm going to teach my kids English, British and Australian.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My kids started Chinese Immersion in preschool! 1/2 the day in a traditional western class, 1/2 the day speaking Chinese only. From day one!

by Anonymous 12 years ago