Do you speak a language other than English?

zibble

My mom was born in Italy but she did not speak Italian with me as a baby.  My dad was 100% American so it didn't really fly in my house. :-(

I took many classes in college and understand a fair amount, but I can only communicate on a basic level.

There are tons of Italian pre-schools here in San Francisco and I'm suddenly excited to send DS there.

If you speak another language, are you teaching it to DC and would you consider an immersion school?

bim38106

French was my first language and I'm trying to teach it to DD.. but to be honest, living so far away from my family and having no one to speak to in French here, it's hard! English just comes so much more easily to me and I just forget to speak to her in French

I would absolutely consider an immersion school! I used to teach in one actually and if I was still living in AZ, I'd be sending DD there for preschool w/out a doubt! Unfortunately, we're about an hour from the closest one here so that won't work for us I'm really disappointed about that and keep looking to see if anything new pops up closer to home.

Shell24

I speak fluent French, after 10 years of classes, and conversation classes for fun at a local city college as "upkeep."  I am not, however speaking it to my DD.  I may in a couple years, but we've actually started her at a place called Language Stars, it's language immersion, and we are doing Spanish. 

It's a really fun class, and I'm learning a lot too 

agmaso

I was born in one country, raised in another and now live in the US so I'm tri-lingual. We speak two languages in the house on regular basis and around DD but not?necessarily?to her. I'm pretty bad about it and need to get better but my family does speak to her in Polish which so far she seems to understand.

My siblings both still live in Spain (where we grew up) so I'd like to make sure she can communicate with her family there but so far haven't done anything about it

Yes, if I have a chance I will consider an?immersion?school but I don't think we will have those options if we continue living where we do.

LoriFalce

I speak French, German and Latin (yeah, that one's useful).

My husband speaks Italian. (I can read it, proving that the Latin is not a complete waste of time.)

I speak French, German and English with Joseph. Matthew and FIL speak Italian and English with him. We have no immersion programs in our area, so that's not an option.

Valentine99

I speak Greek. My father came to the US when he was 28 and my mother came here when she was about 5. We spoke Greek in my house. My father spoke over 7 languages fluently. He knew that I would learn how to speak English being that this country is English speaking. I had no issues with this growing up. I love that I can speak, read, and write Greek fluently. Needless to say I would have learned more languages. However, my father died when I was 7.

I am teaching my daughter how to speak Greek. I would consider an immersion school. However, they are not available where I live. I will send her to Greek school when she's a bit older..I hope.

 

SarahBukisi

we speak english and french at home... more english then french sadly.. but i would LOVE to find an immersion school to send ds too!

IckyThump

I used to speak French very well after studying it through high school and college, but I haven't used it in years so a lot of it has left me. I should try to keep up with it better.

NYCred

Like one of the PPs, French was my first language.  And while I am teaching it to DD, I'm not as good about it as I should be.  I try to speak to DD in French for a few hours a day.  She does understand French, but not nearly as well as she does English.  And about half of her words are in French.

If I could find an immersion school w/in our price range (ie, not $25k for preschool) I would send her there in a hearbeat.   I've been hunting, but haven't found anything yet.

*Scuzzlebutt*

I grew up in Canada and was taught French from age 6.  I speak and read the language quite well, but we mostly speak in English in our home (DH doesn't speak a word of French)  DH and I were discussing French immersion for DD the other day and we both agree that we would like to send her. 

EuroChick

I speak English, French, and Dutch pretty fluently.  I also speak some Arabic and Hebrew.  I speak English with DD, DH speaks French with her, and daycare is Dutch.  When she is 4/5 she will go to Hebrew School and maybe do some immersion when she s older.  So we are shooting for a minimum of four languages.  As for the Arabic she will surely know a lot of great expressions but not much more than that.