tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post5860425419213311183..comments2024-02-07T11:31:44.141+03:00Comments on On Life in St. Petersburg: Becoming bilingualElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-37005123104705022692009-06-21T07:58:09.834+04:002009-06-21T07:58:09.834+04:00I'm glad you had something to say too! I find ...I'm glad you had something to say too! I find this topic really interesting.<br /><br />About books: there are others out there on this topic, which might make for better reading. Who knows? And I am a fan of the library. I'm very selective of what books I buy.<br /><br />After reading the book, I am still impressed by multi-lingual kids, but I also am aware of how much work goes into creating the right environment...and into convincing the kids that it is worthwhile, especially if everyone speaks English...why bother?<br /><br />I think that as a parent, one of the best things you can do is instill a LOVE of languages. Maybe you can't send them off to French immersion school, but you can at least teach them the value of learning a second language, so that they will eventually seek those opportunities for themselves.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-75095787096881470142009-06-21T06:40:29.250+04:002009-06-21T06:40:29.250+04:00I'm so glad I didn't miss this post! Fasc...I'm so glad I didn't miss this post! Fascinating and I wish I had the book with me here, right now...as busy as I am, I might well forget to locate it, then probably won't be able to afford to buy it but.... you never know.<br /><br />The "putting the muscles just right" - that's the way I think of doing accents when acting. <br /><br />A favorite memory was the house where my HS Russian teacher lived with her husband (one of my college Russian professors). They lived with her parents who were Greek, and spoke only Greek as far as I could ever see. Also living in the home was her sister, and the sister's husband - both of them were French professors. And they had children. I would go in for a little extra help with Russian and watch with astonishment as the children would speak effortlessly in Greek to the grandparents, in Russian to the aunt and uncle, in French to their parents and in English to me. I may have related that before - but it made a huge impact on me!Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623179886908222942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-85858751367103285932009-06-19T23:19:51.892+04:002009-06-19T23:19:51.892+04:00Yes, I think that particular section of the book c...Yes, I think that particular section of the book concerning identity would be applicable to adults as well. It's interesting how many unseen effects there are.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-34994981444792758182009-06-19T19:45:25.862+04:002009-06-19T19:45:25.862+04:00For a person, who didn't grow up speaking Engl...For a person, who didn't grow up speaking English, my pronunciation is, actually, very good. I even can fool people in the States if I speak in short, precise sentences.<br /><br />In my early days I did the following (it came to me naturally, and I see, from what you have quoted, there was a reason for that).<br /><br />I would put two crumpled sheets of paper behind each cheek and try to read in English out loud. I did it to retrain my mouth to move in the way, I thought, English-speaking people were talking.<br /><br />Funny, but I did it.V............http://foreverhired.comnoreply@blogger.com