Artdeco Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 How will she learn a 3rd language though? Will they have a tutor while she’s still a toddler? If none of the parents (or the roommates that live with them) speak that 3rd language - how will that be done? Just curious. Even if the mother speaks broken Russian (I think that’s what she mentioned), i would refrain from that. And a tutor that young? Or are we talking older child, and adding a third language later, in school? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
JuneL Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 How will she learn a 3rd language though? Will they have a tutor while she’s still a toddler? If none of the parents (or the roommates that live with them) speak that 3rd language - how will that be done? Just curious. Even if the mother speaks broken Russian (I think that’s what she mentioned), i would refrain from that. And a tutor that young? Or are we talking older child, and adding a third language later, in school? ^^^ This. It takes a lot of hard work if she can be *truly* bilingual in English and Spanish. Why not just let her pick additional language(s) to learn when she gets older? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Haydn Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 You're missing the point here. OP's child will speak English and Spanish, she is looking for a 3rd language. Of course the entire world revolves around English, I am not debating that. We're offering suggestion for a good 3rd language. Large plane over the head.... I know. What about one of the island languages of Tonga? I love French. Link to post Share on other sites
ABernie Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 My mother is from Germany and her mother, my grandmother, lived with us for the better part of 15 years. I took German in school and college and studied for a semester. 1. Most Germans speak English and agree it will probably die in a 100 or so years. 2. It helped my English grammar better than any English class. 3. I worked at Lufthansa for a few years during college. That was a pretty fun job. ETA: My children know very little German. Their father is a fluent Spanish speaker and they know a little Spanish, but not much. Link to post Share on other sites
maria001 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 From my perception I will tell you English is global language. Link to post Share on other sites
TheRainbow Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Our daughters will speak primarily English, but my daughter is currently learning and can understand a lot of Spanish. Link to post Share on other sites
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