144: Teaching Your Children to Become Multilingual – Sarah Tarvin
The Expat Money Show - With Mikkel Thorup
Canadian Native English Speaker
i'm a canadian native english speaker, my wife is from mainland china. Since day one with we have two children, with my daughter, well, actually with my son too. We now have a nanny who doesn't live with us, but works nine to five type of thing in the house. And she just takes care of my daughter, like a hundred % of the time. She speaks only in spanish to her, nothing else,. There's no other additional languages there. So that's kind of our structure. Then we're thinking, so portuguese next year, and then maybe russian or arabic the year after. Once again, i'm human
WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THIS INTERVIEW:
- What is life like in a family that speaks 8 languages fluently and understands another 16, enough so that they can travel the world and be able to talk like a local?
- The most crucial languages that you and your family need to learn for the future. Not just personal but for business.
- What is the most important thing to have and do for you and your family to be fluent in several languages?
- Are you craving to learn a new language? Maybe become a polyglot? What is a polyglot anyways?
- Four tools for you and your spouse to best educate your children on how to learn and speak many languages.
- How long does it take to learn a new language? Can you learn 2 at the same time? Is that a good idea?
- Have you got children? Would you like them to become bilingual or trilingual? When are the best years to be teaching your children a 2nd or 3rd language?
- Some tricks and tips on helping your children learn another language even if you’re not learning it.
- For people who want desperately to speak a new language but don’t know where to start.
- What language is the most practical and most effective to have your child learn? You probably already know the answer!
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- 128: Travelling To Every Country In The World – Salvatore Lavallo
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I had so much fun talking with Sarah. She is a wealth of information and if you and your family are looking to take your language skills to another level, please reach out to Sarah. If you are trying to learn a new language or have your children learn a new language, pass an exam in a foreign language or make a presentation in a 2nd language, then Sarah is your gal. So, so knowledgeable, and really friendly and fun to talk with!Mentioned in this episode:
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