J justin9213 Kouhai Joined 27 Dec 2005 Messages 44 Reaction score 0 1 Jun 2006 #1 How to do tech mandarin to a one year old?
RockLee Hullu Joined 22 Apr 2004 Messages 3,806 Reaction score 133 1 Jun 2006 #2 How do you teach a one year old English?
J justin9213 Kouhai Joined 27 Dec 2005 Messages 44 Reaction score 0 2 Jun 2006 Thread starter #3 By pointing at things and saying the name.I doubt that will work with chinese since chinese is tonal
Mike Cash 骨も命も皆此の土地に埋めよう Twenty-year veteran Joined 15 Mar 2002 Messages 16,758 Reaction score 2,298 2 Jun 2006 #4 You obviously have no idea how infants learn language. They're prewired to pick up language; you don't have to teach it to them.
You obviously have no idea how infants learn language. They're prewired to pick up language; you don't have to teach it to them.
J justin9213 Kouhai Joined 27 Dec 2005 Messages 44 Reaction score 0 3 Jun 2006 Thread starter #5 cool! but..We usually talk English around the 1 year old.So, I will just talk Chinese around her.
Mike Cash 骨も命も皆此の土地に埋めよう Twenty-year veteran Joined 15 Mar 2002 Messages 16,758 Reaction score 2,298 3 Jun 2006 #6 And your degree of Chinese proficiency is what, exactly?
J justin9213 Kouhai Joined 27 Dec 2005 Messages 44 Reaction score 0 4 Jun 2006 Thread starter #7 I think I am still a begenner even though I know 7 characters and know 10 words
RockLee Hullu Joined 22 Apr 2004 Messages 3,806 Reaction score 133 4 Jun 2006 #8 Hmm, I doubt he'll become proficient in Chinese with only those 10 words If your pronounciation is bad, all is for naught!
Hmm, I doubt he'll become proficient in Chinese with only those 10 words If your pronounciation is bad, all is for naught!
Mike Cash 骨も命も皆此の土地に埋めよう Twenty-year veteran Joined 15 Mar 2002 Messages 16,758 Reaction score 2,298 4 Jun 2006 #9 justin9213 said: I think I am still a begenner even though I know 7 characters and know 10 words Click to expand... Oh, don't judge yourself so harshly. That's like at least intermediate. How long do you think it will take to teach the one year old those 10 words?
justin9213 said: I think I am still a begenner even though I know 7 characters and know 10 words Click to expand... Oh, don't judge yourself so harshly. That's like at least intermediate. How long do you think it will take to teach the one year old those 10 words?
K Kakulin Master of the Dragonsouls Joined 17 May 2006 Messages 52 Reaction score 0 4 Jun 2006 #10 Send her to China... or pay the cooks at your local chinese restaurant to baby sit her.
RockLee Hullu Joined 22 Apr 2004 Messages 3,806 Reaction score 133 4 Jun 2006 #11 Hahaha, that's the wackiest idea so far !
J justin9213 Kouhai Joined 27 Dec 2005 Messages 44 Reaction score 0 6 Jun 2006 Thread starter #12 HA! HA! HA! ~ that is funny!
Mike Cash 骨も命も皆此の土地に埋めよう Twenty-year veteran Joined 15 Mar 2002 Messages 16,758 Reaction score 2,298 6 Jun 2006 #13 Not nearly as funny as thinking you're going to teach a toddler a language you only know 10 words of yourself.
Not nearly as funny as thinking you're going to teach a toddler a language you only know 10 words of yourself.
K Kakulin Master of the Dragonsouls Joined 17 May 2006 Messages 52 Reaction score 0 7 Jun 2006 #14 Wait until she is 6 years old or so and then make her learn with Rosetta Stone Mandarin.
Minty 後輩 Joined 26 Feb 2006 Messages 403 Reaction score 6 7 Jun 2006 #15 Kakulin said: Send her to China... or pay the cooks at your local chinese restaurant to baby sit her. Click to expand... Actually I saw a report where white people in the states hire Mandarin speaking nannies.
Kakulin said: Send her to China... or pay the cooks at your local chinese restaurant to baby sit her. Click to expand... Actually I saw a report where white people in the states hire Mandarin speaking nannies.
Gaijinian Sempai Joined 3 Jun 2005 Messages 545 Reaction score 9 8 Jun 2006 #16 Minty said: Actually I saw a report where white people in the states hire Mandarin speaking nannies. Click to expand... I did, too. Any, OP, you made me laugh so hard! Still a beginner, even though you know 10 words!
Minty said: Actually I saw a report where white people in the states hire Mandarin speaking nannies. Click to expand... I did, too. Any, OP, you made me laugh so hard! Still a beginner, even though you know 10 words!
K Kakulin Master of the Dragonsouls Joined 17 May 2006 Messages 52 Reaction score 0 8 Jun 2006 #17 Minty said: Actually I saw a report where white people in the states hire Mandarin speaking nannies. Click to expand... But it would be better if he hires the chinese cooks instead because that way his daugher will learn both, mandarin and cooking.
Minty said: Actually I saw a report where white people in the states hire Mandarin speaking nannies. Click to expand... But it would be better if he hires the chinese cooks instead because that way his daugher will learn both, mandarin and cooking.
J justin9213 Kouhai Joined 27 Dec 2005 Messages 44 Reaction score 0 10 Jun 2006 Thread starter #18 Ha~Ha~Ha~Ha!