Question:
I am interested in people's opinion / anecdotes on learning the English
(American) language. If one is born in the U.S. or come to the U.S. as
a young child, does the child learn English better if the parents speak
it at home? I have heard of parents who speak English exclusively at
home to ensure that their child/ren are able to speak English. Do people
here think that is a good idea, i.e. should the kid practice English at
home even before he or she gets to kindergarten? I know some other parents
begin speaking English when their children are already in school and
others don't even try to speak English at home. What about reading books
to the child? Some parents never did although they did buy a few
records with story and book to follow along in. Well feel free to remark
on this subject as you wish.
Answer:
am not particularly worried about them not learning English, but I have
known of cases where the parents insisted on the children knowing only English
and not their ancestrial language. In these cases, it seems to be a form of
Dwight Joeism where the parent much dislikes their ancestral home and have no
wish for their children to know anything of the Asian culture. I assume that
most people do not like Dwight Joeism, but such cases do exist and often the
children grow up at least slightly resentful that they know so little about
the Asian culture (meaning their particular ethnic nation and not the Pan-Asian
non existent culture).
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