Does anyone know what flash card method to use when teaching two languages?

[nohayo]

I agree with Pupisek... i would not mix the languages coz it might be confusing to the baby...unless the languages use different characters (Like english and Arabic for example), then they would look different and it might be not as confusing... my main aim with separating them is that the child doesn't learn to mix the languages while he/she speaks in the future

Same with the labels around the house... I'd pick just one language and label everything with that....

My favorite method to date is having language days , so one day everything is in arabic (talking, LR, books, everything), the next day is in english....etc... especially if your spouse doesn't speak another language and you are doing all the work

[wenjonggal]

Hmmm,
apparently all bilingual people tend to mix languages if they can (ie if the other person will understand them)... though they can speak one language or the other if needed. Lots of words don't have equivalencies. There really isn't an english equivalent of dépanneur.

And apparently bilingual children will also mix languages, even if you do separate the days or situations... they'll use the word they know (ie if they have learned "pompier" in French but not "fireman" in english... if they are speaking english, they might say, "Look mama, a pompier!"

Personally, I would find it impossible to do one language a day. I am not going to go around my French neighborhood speaking English... it would be quite socially unacceptable (big political issues in Quebec!) as well as difficult with playdates with French children that day, going to francophone barber, shops etc.

And I don't have a "baby " vocab in French" I learned it in college and could more easily discuss politics than the names of flowers. If we happen upon daffodils, marigolds and irises that day, should I just say "fleurs" because it is a French day and deprive him of the opportunity to get excellent specific English vocab?

As for Chinese, I am just learning it myself. I could never do a day in Chinese. Though I can integrate Chinese into all sorts of things. I sing songs while walking the dog with the stroller: I will sing a French song, six English songs, two Chinese songs, another French song, six more English songs. When I learn a new song, I add it. At supper, I might speak English, but then ask "zhe she shen me?" (what is this?" about various food items on his plate, or "zhe she shem ne yan se?" (what color is this?") and point out colors of what we can see while we're eating. This enforces my and his new Chinese languages skills.

I am very curious how people with rules go about it... How does dad only speak French if the babysitter that day is English, how do you relabel all your furniture every day? What happens if Dad is supposed to speak only French and Mom only English... do they have a conversation where a child never hears the question and answer in the same language? Please if people can give me concrete examples.

[Angmei]

Talking about mixing up languages.....      you may input as many languages to your child.....I don't think children will get mix up at all.

At home, my husband & I speak English to my son. Then my mother (grandma) would speak Mandarin, then my maid speaks Bahasa Melayu to him. At the end of the day, he can master 3 languages and of course his English language is the best.... when he speaks English he speaks proper English....no other words from Mandarin nor B. Melayu.

[Aiysha]

Ayesha, I don't have LR. The arabic programs you created, are they only for LR? Do you have powerpoints? I want to teach arabic but I don't think I pronounce the letters correctly....I have a pakistani accent which I DON'T want to transfer....

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