Post by Nellie on Jan 22, 2018 21:46:48 GMT 9
Thanks to everyone for your thoughts, it is good to hear everyone’s perspectives on this! I agree with everything that was said. I am also guessing, as Adam mentioned, that regular reading will be the best way of « fixing » grammatical errors - reading is such a wonderful way of fostering an understanding of rhythm, conversation style etc!
Raquel - my daughter makes more of a « b » sound for the letter v. Thank you also for the explanation of estoy and soy - it sounds so simple when you say it but somehow in practice it gets confused in my mind sometimes haha!
Yesterday (Sunday) we had a good ml2 day. In the morning, we took both children to a Spanish playgroup being organised in someone’s home. There were 9 children (including my baby), ranging mostly in age from 2-5. Most of the children are trilingual English-French-Spanish: all of them (except ours) have one Spanish-speaking parent. The children didn’t really play with each other in Spanish per se, BUT we had all been asked to bring books to read, and my daughter sat with several others and listened to the books being read by the native speakers. Most importantly, the adults spoke mostly in Spanish, and I was so happy for my daughter to hear all the adult conversation taking place in her ml2. Furthermore, two books were chosen to be read out to the entire group (with the adults listening too), and one of them was the one my daughter brought - she was so happy! Watching her listen and answer questions about the book in Spanish really made me realise that we have made the right decision to invest time (and money!) in keeping it up - I was so proud!
Then, in the afternoon, we visited some friends who we met in Chile and now live in Paris. The wife is Chilean, they have a 2 year-old and their family language is Spanish, so the whole conversation took place in the ml2. Again - a wonderful opportunity to put the language to good use and increase “natural” exposure - as well as good practice for us parents! I would really love to meet more Spanish speakers in Paris so as to have more opportunities like this (I don’t want to sound “instrumental” in my friendships but you know what I mean!).
Raquel - my daughter makes more of a « b » sound for the letter v. Thank you also for the explanation of estoy and soy - it sounds so simple when you say it but somehow in practice it gets confused in my mind sometimes haha!
Yesterday (Sunday) we had a good ml2 day. In the morning, we took both children to a Spanish playgroup being organised in someone’s home. There were 9 children (including my baby), ranging mostly in age from 2-5. Most of the children are trilingual English-French-Spanish: all of them (except ours) have one Spanish-speaking parent. The children didn’t really play with each other in Spanish per se, BUT we had all been asked to bring books to read, and my daughter sat with several others and listened to the books being read by the native speakers. Most importantly, the adults spoke mostly in Spanish, and I was so happy for my daughter to hear all the adult conversation taking place in her ml2. Furthermore, two books were chosen to be read out to the entire group (with the adults listening too), and one of them was the one my daughter brought - she was so happy! Watching her listen and answer questions about the book in Spanish really made me realise that we have made the right decision to invest time (and money!) in keeping it up - I was so proud!
Then, in the afternoon, we visited some friends who we met in Chile and now live in Paris. The wife is Chilean, they have a 2 year-old and their family language is Spanish, so the whole conversation took place in the ml2. Again - a wonderful opportunity to put the language to good use and increase “natural” exposure - as well as good practice for us parents! I would really love to meet more Spanish speakers in Paris so as to have more opportunities like this (I don’t want to sound “instrumental” in my friendships but you know what I mean!).
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If you're new to the group, I understand why you wouldn't want to impose your own rules, but you can always suggest, say you've heard of a group where they do this and it works well for them.
