Hi, I am a new member too. You should be not worry about the language used in the family. Your child will be learn the English very well when will be integrated in social context. I'm living in Italy and I had the same problem with my daughter. Now she is of 6 year and speak very well 2 languages ( not English )
I read that until 6 years every language is learned as native tongue. Cheers, Cristian --- In [email protected], "Mona Osman Zieminska" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > I am a new member of this group. We are raising a trilingual 2 years > old daughter (Arabic = me, Polish = dad & English = community language). > > Now my husband and I have never spoken to her in any other language > than our native tongues (Arabic & Polish), yet she has managed to > learn more English than any of our languages. I understand that the > community language eventually becomes the dominent language, but it > also scares me. She is also very stubborn and if I correct her (when > she speaks English to me I tell her that in my language this is what > we say) there are several instances where she flat out told me NO and > repeated the English word. > > Now from experience is this something I should be worried about? I > know for a fact that she understands both of our native languages and > she does repeat some words in them too. BUT English seems to have > taken to her liking. And how should I handle her as well as my > frustrations? Hers, because I keep telling her that she needs to use > my language for me to be able to understand her. And my frustration, > because she is stubborn. > > My husband doesn't seem worried at all about the whole language thing. > He is sure that she will speak both of our native languages > eventually, of course plus English. Am I just paranoid? Or do I need help? > > Mona Mama of Sina > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/multilingualmunchkin/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
