I've read about this and although I wanted to be very optimistic about this subject, my personal opinion is that there is no easy way.

By easy I mean, so far I don't think a kid will learn a language the parent doesn't know by just watching TV.

But what can be done is to increase the exposition whenever you can:

- TV
- Music
- Adult friends that speak the language

And most effective:

- Immersion School
- Playgroups
- Au pair who speaks the target language

We can't deny the power of exposition. My grandparents couldn't speak well our local language, but my father learned our language very well with the community.

But for dead languages, I think what can be done very early is some fun activities like music, reading good books. I think this way it will be easier for a person to be "fluent" on Latin as an adult, for example.

Hello!

My son is 22 months old and we are raising him bilingual. His second language is English so it gets much easier as there is too much material available. I have to import books and some DVDs but what helped a lot is Netflix. Also, all the time I'm doing EL activities with him is with the English material we talk about here.

From all what I do I think the most important is speaking. We do OPOL, so I only speak English with him when we are at home.

If you want to make your own program with Little Reader it is possible. In my case, I opted to do all in English.

WOW, thank you very much Korrale 

I agree it is never too late. I started learning English at 4 which is late for today standards but it was very early by that time. Anyway, it was always very silly classes. When I was 15 I took a three-year course and then I learned much more. Today I fell that it's much harder to learn new things, although it is not impossible.

I agree with Korrale.

My iPad is the first and so far almost every app works fine.

Mine is 32Gb and it's handling everything just fine.

Related to this subject, what I do is a lot off pretend play.
I don’t recall since when I do it, but last month I saw my son doing it by himself. For example: I take one car and pretend that this car is calling another car for a race. The other car accepts the challenge and they go. Or sometimes the car A just calls car B for a ride. So, last month I saw my then 21 month son taking two cars and saying this simple dialog:
-   Car?! – A says
-   Yes Car! – B says
And both cars go for a ride.
Now we do a lot of this together, and I take one car and he takes the other. I ask a question and he answers or receives the command for the other car.
Also, sometimes I pretend we were trains on tracks. We use lines between blocks on the floor as tracks. I say something like that I was Thomas (from Thomas and Friends) and he was Percy. I take some stuffed animal to be Sir Topham Hatt. He loves it. I believe that this can stimulate creativity and require the use of known language and knowledge.

Wow, more than 500 views and finally someone appears with the same interest. 

I used to subscribe to Car and Driver magazine and they used to show these kind of information when people asked. It's interesting!

lelask, I'm so sorry to read this. My condolences to you and your relatives. I think it's a time to be even more stronger, but it is also a time to think about it how to lead with it. I'm sure God will be with you in this path. I'm sure also that here in this community you will always find support at any time.

In Brazil almost all State owned universities are free and they are in general the best. The biggest of then are in the world top 100, but even the others have a similar quality despite of not being in the World list. But it is very hard to get in. Here you apply and you have to take a test for every university you choose. Some accepts a national test similar to SAT to complement the score. There are a lot of people who can't go right after the high school. They take special classes until they get in or go to a private one that is easier to be accepted.

Also, if the course has 4 years or more, it would be no problem to be accepted in Graduate School in the US.

This is very confusing and so far I didn't see a one size fits all question.
My son is also raising in a bilingual environment and we do OPOL. I'm the one who talks to him in the minority language and as I'm the one teaching him to read and the alphabet, I'm teaching it in the language I'm talking which is English.

But as there are several words presented to him in Portuguese, our language, I read to him normally when it is the case, but not focusing on phonics, but sight reading. My hope is that if he really wants to read in Portuguese he'll do so after he learn phonics in English by himself. The different will come most from the vowels.

But this is our environment. I have only few hours with my son in a day. I see several people form here who has the choice to stay with their kids all day and so they have time to do LR lesson in several languages in a single day, even the languages that the parents don't talk.

So I think it's up to you to do in the way and pace you feel comfortable with.

Good luck and tell us your updates! If you need any help it will be a pleasure to help.

Well,

I am new to EL and I think I'm still find my place here. But I had the chance to PM, email and chat on Skype with several great people from here.
I can raise my hand for a "buddy"! Although I know a lot of people, I think since February was not enough time to develop a great friendship to share experiences and ask for help at anytime.

But I love exchanging experiences. Those who know me better know I am an entrepreneur and I have three personal projects in which I made more friends. They are not about EL but is somehow related.

www.diariodospapais.com.br is my personal blog and from there I made some friends in Brazil who got in contact with me
www.linguagemdesinaisparabebes.com.br is a website with videos in Portuguese, made by my wife, where we teach baby signs. From time to time someone contacts us
www.nnsparents.com is a place for non-native speaking parents to share experiences, as there are a lot of myths against it. This is very new but I met great people there.

Also, once I was traveling to the extreme south in Brazil and for a great coincidence I met a woman who is an EL mother and also speaks to her son in a foreign language. This is the only one that I met personally.

There is also Facebook, that is great and even more now that Tamsyn made a Closed group.

Hello MamaOfWill

Thank you very much.

By your testimonial I can see I'm in the right way, but just a little bit lost and not following a strict path on my choices. What you said I've done!

I put a Panda to watch with us and it helps for the first minutes. I also pretend that I'll do LR and that I'm having my greatest moment of the day. But all of this is... sometimes.

I think I'll try this harder and also put my wife to "watch" together.

All the best for you too!

Thank you NPLight.

I'm trying that!

Korrale

Unfortunately I don't speak Japanese

TRex

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