hairball
4 Jul 2009
UK, Ireland / Friend told "just allow your son to forget Polish" by school. [96]
The same place all other children whose mother tongue is different. In the playground at school. I never speak to my son in Polish and I never will. That doesn't mean that he won't hear me speak Polish, because he does, when I speak to his granny or if friends are round for dinner.
However, I do make grammar mistakes in Polish, as my Mrs does in English. I don't want to pass these same mistakes on to my son, so I leave the people who are fluent Polish speakers to speak to him in Polish and I, the fluent English speaker, talk to him in English.
The boy, who this topic is about, is in an English school surrounded by native speakers speaking English. He will soak our language up like a sponge. If he learns bad grammar, coupled with none native pronunciation at home, this in my opinion could actually hold him back.
if the child isnt speaking English at home, then how is he to improve?
The same place all other children whose mother tongue is different. In the playground at school. I never speak to my son in Polish and I never will. That doesn't mean that he won't hear me speak Polish, because he does, when I speak to his granny or if friends are round for dinner.
However, I do make grammar mistakes in Polish, as my Mrs does in English. I don't want to pass these same mistakes on to my son, so I leave the people who are fluent Polish speakers to speak to him in Polish and I, the fluent English speaker, talk to him in English.
The boy, who this topic is about, is in an English school surrounded by native speakers speaking English. He will soak our language up like a sponge. If he learns bad grammar, coupled with none native pronunciation at home, this in my opinion could actually hold him back.