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NAPS 2016 Tetsu Yung - Raising Multilingual Children
- 1. Raising multilingual children Tetsu’s way Tetsu Yung, North American Polyglot Symposium, Montreal, July 24, 2016 Illustration: Eric Belisle (ericbelisle.blogspot.jp)
- 2. Agenda • About Tetsu • Importance of starting early • OPOL and CLAP • Ronnie Photo by Renee Chan Photography
- 3. Birth/Taiwan Years • Taiwanese father, Japanese mother • Born in Hong Kong, moved to Taiwan at age 1 • American elementary school, Taiwanese nanny, Weekends at grandparents • Mandarin, Japanese, Taiwanese, Hakka, English Quebec Years • Moved to Quebec, Canada for high school • Lived with Taiwanese aunt and Quebecer uncle • University language courses, Trips to South America and Europe • French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese Japan/Taiwan Years • Moved to Japan after PhD to work in Asia • Wanted to strengthen Japanese and Mandarin Quebec Years • Back to Quebec with wife and 2 children • Organizing NAPS! Tetsu’s language history Exposure to 5 languages by age 6 5 more languages by age 20 Fluent Today English French Japanese Mandarin Spanish
- 4. The importance of starting early • Learn multiple languages like a native speaker • Self-consciousness and self-esteem • Brain benefits • Opportunity costs Illustration: Eric Belisle (ericbelisle.blogspot.jp)
- 5. The importance of starting early: 1. Learn multiple languages like a native speaker Reference: http://www.ted.com/talks/patricia＿kuhl＿the＿linguistic_genius_of_babies Patricia Kuhl: The Linguistic Genius of Babies
- 6. The importance of starting early: 1. Learn multiple languages like a native speaker Reference: https://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_kuhl_the_linguistic_genius_of_babies
- 7. The importance of starting early: 1. Learn multiple languages like a native speaker Results of extended exposure to various languages at young age: •Keep ears “open” later in life •Good Accents – Confidence, Social integration, Trustworthiness (cognitive fluency) Ref: http://sanmu1225.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-179.html?sp Japanese Brit English Am English French German Italian Spanish Russian Chinese Language Passbands Frequency (Hz)
- 8. The importance of starting early: 2. Self-consciousness and self-esteem Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self- importance, learn so easily. -Thomas Szasz
- 9. The importance of starting early: 3. Brain benefits Monolingual Multilingual Note Grey matter density + +++ The younger the additional languages were acquired, the denser the grey matter Resistance to mental decline + +++ Learning in general + +++ Complex thinking and creativity + +++ Communication skills + +++
- 10. The importance of starting early: 4. Opportunity costs Learn as much as you can while you are young, since life becomes too busy later. -Dana Stewart Scott Bus Taxi Costs 1$ 11$ Time 1 h 5 min 5 min You teach, and your hourly wage is 50$ What is opportunity cost of taking a bus to work? => $40 Learn as child Learn as adult Costs ? ? Time ? ? What is opportunity cost of not learning as a child? Considerations?
- 11. OPOL and CLAP What is OPOL? One Parent One Language One Person One Language What is CLAP? Contextual Language Acquisition Philosophy http://language-tetsu.blogspot.jp/2010/03/contextual-language-acquisition.html
- 13. Ronnie’s Core OPOL Staff JapaneseMandarin English Currently TV/DVD Looking for exchange student, another au pair, etc. French Day care Spanish
- 14. Ronnie wishes happy Chinese new year to all in 5 languages Mandarin: 新年快樂！ (Xin nian kuai le!) Japanese: 明けましておめでとう！ (Akemashite Omedeto!) English: Happy New Year! French: Bonne Année! Spanish: Feliz año nuevo! Feb. 14, 2016 https://youtu.be/svpUf6kRuGU
- 15. Birth/Japan • Born in Nagasaki, Japan on July 13, 2012 • Japanese and Mandarin Taiwan • Moved to Taiwan on Feb. 22, 2014 (19 months) • Strengthened Mandarin through family/friends • American daycare in Tianmu, Taipei • English Quebec • Moved to Quebec on July 24, 2015 (36 months) • French daycare • Mexican au pair • French and Spanish Ronnie’s language history
- 16. Applications of OPOL and CLAP in Ronnie’s life Scenario: Oct. 2014, 27 month-old Ronnie learns to identify simple colors. https://youtu.be/9q4k7iiahic Recognizing inputs and demonstrating outputs Scenario: Oct. 2014, 27 month-old Ronnie learns to identify body parts. https://youtu.be/wfSwwZKue5c
- 17. Applications of OPOL and CLAP in Ronnie’s life Worried about Code-Switching? Scenario: Jan 2015, 30 month-old Ronnie is singing… “hello Reindeer… hello snowman… hello Santa… (then…)” I want bala taberu! https://youtu.be/wSLusQ2oq0M
- 18. Applications of OPOL and CLAP in Ronnie’s life Scenario: Mar. 2015, 32 month-old Ronnie learns to tell time in 3 languages Ronnie starts to distinguish the languages in which he is being asked. https://youtu.be/QDMl880qTII
- 19. Applications of OPOL and CLAP in Ronnie’s life Scenario: Aug. 14, 2015, 1 week after Mexican au pair Angelica started living with us https://youtu.be/YH7tUMdknxg 37 month-old Ronnie starts counting numbers in Spanish in only 7 days!
- 23. Applications of OPOL and CLAP in Ronnie’s life Scenario: Oct. 2015, 2 months after Mexican au pair Angelica started living with us. 39 month-old Ronnie is playing hide and seek with Angelica. Yuko (mom) is on skype from Japan. Tetsu is holding the camera. https://youtu.be/0rz_fR9p0aU Language channels are established in Ronnie’s brain
- 24. Give your children the gift of the world Illustration: Eric Belisle (ericbelisle.blogspot.jp) To all parents out there 1. Know that you have what it takes to raise multilingual children. 2. Know that your children have what it takes to become multilingual.
- 26. Backup
- 27. Applications of OPOL and CLAP in Ronnie’s life Learn languages while doing something you love Scenario: Mar. 2015, 32 month-old Ronnie loves rollerblading. So Tetsu teaches him colors in different languages while rollerblading. https://youtu.be/417C5BksLuk
- 28. Applications of OPOL and CLAP in Ronnie’s life Scenario: Oct. 2015, 40 month-old Ronnie counts to 15 in 5 languages. https://youtu.be/ZgDkHsCqkqs
- 29. Applications of OPOL and CLAP in Ronnie’s life Scenario: July 2016, 48 month-old Ronnie plays with francophone friend. https://youtu.be/ckJK3pi7eTI
- 30. Applications of OPOL and CLAP in Ronnie’s life Scenario: June 2015, 35 month-old Ronnie reads Percy correctly https://www.facebook.com/tetsu.yung/videos/10155592146070462/ Scenario: Oct 2015, 39 month-old Ronnie is strict with Angelica. https://www.facebook.com/PampersToPolyglot/posts/708642545936354 Scenario: July 2015, 30 month-old Ronnie teaches aunt with perfect Mandarin pronounciation •https://youtu.be/JVEyA3Ik6hg/ Ronnie is strict with accents