Tag: English

How do I help maintain my child’s home language? (I) 如何帮助孩子保持中文第一语言的能力?(一)

How do I help maintain my child’s home language? (I) 如何帮助孩子保持中文第一语言的能力?(一)

Many parents have this concern. We worry that our kids will completely stop speaking Chinese when they acquire fluent English. And this does happen to many kids. So as parents we all seem to get caught in this delimma. If we facilitate English acquisition and 

Toddlers or Preschoolers: Can they just be sent to daycare without speaking a word of English?只说中文的小娃准备上或者刚上幼儿园的时候需要教他们英语吗?

Toddlers or Preschoolers: Can they just be sent to daycare without speaking a word of English?只说中文的小娃准备上或者刚上幼儿园的时候需要教他们英语吗?

The answer is… Yes and No. 回答是:要看情况。(This is a bilingual post, naturally :D) It depends on quite a few factors. First of all, what is the age of the child? If the child enters daycare before most of their native English speaking counterparts start to