when and how did you train your little one to speak in english?

[lonelymiss28]

as early as possible mas magandang simulan ng maaga. my step-son kasi started speaking in english when he was 6 na. i would talk to him in english/tagalog, his dad and sis and school naman in french, and his friends in english. di naman sya nalilito actually automatic sya kung sino kausap nya yung ang salita nya.

[ghye]

For us from the north, particularly from the Cordilleras, we usually speak to the kids in English.  It's the first language that we learn aside from our dialect.  Kaya nahihirapan kami magtagalog and some kids never learned how to speak in Tagalog hanggang sa pumasok na sila sa school.  My niece who grew up with me learned more of her English language from Dora mainly and other Disney channels.  For our househelp then, I told her to talk to my niece in Tagalog na lang.  Nahihirapan kasi sya mag English then mali-mali pa grammar, baka matutunan pa pamangkin ko grammar niya.  When she goes out to play naman, her playmates speak Tagalog kaya sabay sya natuto mag English and Tagalog.  Then when she went to our province, natuto naman siya ng dialect namin.  Kakatuwa sya.  If she's talking to me, English then bigla kakausapin niya playmates niya or the househelp, Tagalog agad.
For my son now who is 5 months old, as usual, we speak to him in English.  When we are outside mingling with the neighbors, they talk to him in Tagalog. I'm alright with this, atleast he'll be learning the two languages at the same time.

[redpickles]

Hi mommies,

Thanks for sharing your experiences! Very helpful.

I'm soon mom to be na rin kasi. At least I know na what to do paglabas ni baby.

[lonelymiss28]

nakakatawa nga anak kong bunso eh, pag kausap tatay nya at ate automatic french salita nya, pag ako naman english pero pag syang mag-isa expression nya tagalog, pag nagulat sya or may nahulog sya sasabihin nya "ay, grabe! ano ba yan!" hehe!

yung babae naman lagi ko nahuhuli kumakanta pag mag-isa tagalog kinakanta as in memoryado kaso puro mga kanta ng sexbomb.

[ayami]

Disney Junior and Nickelodeon ang first teachers nya haha. Nagulat na lang ako andami na niyang phrases na nasasabi. Nakakasagot na rin ng Ingles. Siguro minsan naririnig niya rin sakin pag nagwowork ako. Online English tutor kasi raket ko and gabi gabi nakatabi siya sakin while working. Pero mas ok pa rin nung pinasok naming siya for summer class sa isang preschool. Mas ok na yung mga natutunan niya. May sense na rin ang reasoning in English. going 3 na siya at mag formal school na rin. Wag lang sanang makalimot sa Filipino, yun talaga kasi training ko sa kanya mula pagkabata

[tonette815]

i grew up in a household where we speak english, tagalog and ilonggo. My mom is Ilonggo and she can't speak straight Tagalog so we are used to talking to her in Ilonggo. While my dad is Tagalog and he would always speak to us in Tagalog (but speaks to my mom in Ilonggo hehe). Then uso ang Sesame Street when i was young (wala pang Batibot noon) so i can say i learned my English from Big Bird and the Gang. Now my hubby is Cebuano. So there are for language/ dialects being used inside the house right now.

i agree that it may take some time for the baby to learn how to speak if he hears different dialects inside the house but once he speaks he'd be able to speak all. we just need to be patient.

kids are fast learners so siguro as long as we expose them to the right media they will learn whatever language we want them to learn.

[lonelymiss28]

may kasabihan nga ang bata parang sponge ang brain madali matuto and yun ang sabi ng MIL ko dahil nagsisisi sya mga anak nya 2 lang ang language na alam dahil inakala nya dati na baka daw mahirapan anak nya pag maraming linguahe alam. french kasi sya then asawa nya naman german pero di nila kinakausap ng german mga anak nila nung lumaki na saka sila nagsisisi kasi gutso ng mga anak na sana daw tinuruan sila mag german kaso di na sila natuto.

meron naman kaming kilala, nanay nila 13 languages ang alam. then kinakausap nya mga anak nya ng iba't ibang languages, at lahat naman natuto kaso fluent lang mga anak sa at least 7 languages. galing no! sabi nga nila pag-nag-uusap-usap sila ang hirap intindihin ng iba kasi halo-halo.

[Shadow Angel]

Maganda topic to... Ganun pala dapat baby pa lang most of the time kasi sa school na lang natutunan..

[appledapple]

sobrang pinag-iisipan namin ni hubby pano tuturuan si baby mag-english. nasa japan kasi kami ni hubby. tagalog kami mag-usap pero kinakausap namin si baby in english. 6 months na si baby. napansin namin na mas nagrerespond sya lately pag in nihongo sya kinakausap. kaya mas naging strict kami na basta gising si baby pati kami ni hubby dapat english na din mag-usap. mag-su-subscribe na din kami sa cable para may english programs kami. japanese programs lang din kasi pinapanood namin ni hubby para din practice naman namin.

medyo nag-adjust din kami ni hubby kasi nihongo lang gamit namin pag nasa office kami. sobrang dalang na nag-eenglish kami. kaya medyo hindi din ako confident na kami lang ang magtuturo kay baby. malapit na namin ipasok si baby sa daycare & nihongo na lang maririnig nya don. mas magiging expose na sya sa nihongo.

binabasahan ko sya ng books, buong araw naka-play yung mga english na children's songs. tingin nyo enough na kaya yun para matuto sya? 

[lonelymiss28]

yup sis enough n yun, as long as may naririnig na english baby mo....ayus n yun!

[snowflakes]

kahit nandito kami sa US. tagalog ko kinakausap anak ko. kase i know pag labas nya ng haus puro english na.
tsaka ayoko yung hinde sha marunong mag tagalog gaya ng mga batang pinoy na kilala ko dito,
pinag uusapan na sila wala pang alam. i dont like my kids magmukhang t**** pag laki.

[oreo08]

^ganyan rin ako... instead of english, tagalog ang winoworry ko! So usapan namin ni hubby, I will talk to our daughter in tagalog as much as I can (since fluent ako and medyo barok si hubby)

paglabas naman nya kasi ng bahay, talagang english at english maririnig nya... so kelangan mapractice sya ng tagalog sa bahay.

ayoko rin umuwi sya ng pinas ng hindi nakakapagtagalog kasi.

[bluegintonic]

My husband is Lebanese (arab) so it's no question-we spoke English since birth for her.For me naman, my dad was a Zamboangueno (Chabacano) and mom was Bicolana who spoke fluent Spanish (that was mandatory in college in her days) so they either spoke in Chabacano/Spanish at home.I learned Tagalog   in school na, as my nannies didn't speak Tagalog all that good as well (they were either from Bicol/Zamboanga as well). I promised that my youngest will learn Tagalog if and when we do move back to Manila.The hassle of living like gypsies.We move every few years or so so wherever we end up in, that's the priority language for her.I fear that she will end up with no Arabic and Tagalog!

[eekai]

my baby started saying: what's this at 13 months. she's 14 months now. started talking to her in english since day 1. pero my parents and helpers talk to her in tagalog.

[snowflakes]

^ganyan rin ako... instead of english, tagalog ang winoworry ko! So usapan namin ni hubby, I will talk to our daughter in tagalog as much as I can (since fluent ako and medyo barok si hubby)

paglabas naman nya kasi ng bahay, talagang english at english maririnig nya... so kelangan mapractice sya ng tagalog sa bahay.

ayoko rin umuwi sya ng pinas ng hindi nakakapagtagalog kasi.

True! Pero pansin ko uro english pa rin lumalabas sa bibig nya hehe she's only 2 years old pero isang tagalog lang alam nya. "Ayaw". Pero pag inutusan ko sha at kinausap tagalog naman naiintindihan nya.

[jeanette01]

At this stage, babbling sounds the same, whether you speak English, French, ... You can start as early as when you're pregnant, so your baby gets used to the sound. Your baby will gradually learn to use words to describe what she sees, hears, feels, and thinks as she makes mental, emotional, and behavioural leaps. Researchers now know that long before a baby utters her first word, she's learning the rules of language and how adults use it to communicate.

http://www.babycenter.com.au/a6573/developmental-milestones-talking#ixzz2UU053MZL

[JesteeIcedTea]

We talk to her in both language because ang dami kong kilala na failing grade ang kids sa filipino just because of simply not understanding tagalog. But with tv shows, since she's 3, she can only watch nick jr. And disney junior that's why you'll be surprised na eventually you'll hear them speak in sentences or words in which you didn't taught. Those tv channels i highly recommend and it will even teach your kids to talk in english fluently or with american accent since they tend to copy what they see and hear. But atleast she knows the basic filipino words. If she wants to drink, she knows na tagalog for that is inom. Then it's up to her whatever she wants to use basta important she knows the tagalog word for some common words she use.

[kreez]

Since we live in Amsterdam, we thought it best for my daughter to learn how to speak in english as early as possible but we also want her to learn tagalog.  So what we do is I talk to her in english, my hubby talks to her ni tagalog and she learns dutch in school.

[sassysazha]

My daughter talks in English. EOP kasi dito sa house. So since baby pa siya English na yung naririnig niya. Saka yung cartoons na pinapanood niya puro English din. Ang problema ko lang ngayon is since malapit na siya magschool gusto ko na siya matuto magtagalog. Dapat ata both Tagalog and English ang tinuro namin sa kanya. Kasi meron siya isang playmate Tagalog talaga magsalita pero whenever they play, nageenglish din yung bata para magkaintindihan sila. Ang galing.

[viellemacey]

since i got my baby from the hospital. she was 7 days old that time, i started talking to her in english na pero hindi naman yung english na wagas. lol. now she's 5 months old and i still talk to her in english, yung mga tao dito sa bahay nakikienglish na rin kasi naririnig nila ako na nageenglish when im talking to z. when she's sleeping naman yung nursery rhymes nya english rin. sa nanny issue ok lang kasi taga dito lang samin nanny nya so no accent to bother me.
one time inaway ko kapitbahay namin for saying na ang arte namin kasi inienglish namin si baby. i just told her 'sorry ha sa montessori ko kasi ipapasok ang anak ko paglaki nya'. speechless sya. nakakainis yung ganun, kitid ng utak palibhasa ingitera. lol