Comments on: The Trials of Growing Up Bilingual http://socyberty.com/languages/the-trials-of-growing-up-bilingual/ Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:21:38 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lucas Dié http://socyberty.com/languages/the-trials-of-growing-up-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-89169 Lucas Dié Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:39:00 +0000 http://socyberty.com/languages/the-trials-of-growing-up-bilingual/#comment-89169 thanks sophimarie, what it comes down to is reading ... if you read the languages regularily as well as speak them, you sort of absorb the flow of them ...<br /> <br /> and yes, the French are terrible snobs (but not only they), but learning a language is possible for any age group ... my mother learned modern greek at 55 ... and never quite mastered it, bu she was able to hobgobble with the locals when on holidays there thanks sophimarie, what it comes down to is reading … if you read the languages regularily as well as speak them, you sort of absorb the flow of them …

and yes, the French are terrible snobs (but not only they), but learning a language is possible for any age group … my mother learned modern greek at 55 … and never quite mastered it, bu she was able to hobgobble with the locals when on holidays there

]]> By: miss cornelia http://socyberty.com/languages/the-trials-of-growing-up-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-89171 miss cornelia Sun, 08 Feb 2009 06:43:21 +0000 http://socyberty.com/languages/the-trials-of-growing-up-bilingual/#comment-89171 That last comment was priceless, I've heard the French are snobs but I've never actually met one so I wouldn't know. You are, I guess, lucky and unlucky at the same time. At the ripe old age of 25 it's pretty hard to learn a new language. That last comment was priceless, I’ve heard the French are snobs but I’ve never actually met one so I wouldn’t know. You are, I guess, lucky and unlucky at the same time. At the ripe old age of 25 it’s pretty hard to learn a new language.

]]> By: sophiemarie http://socyberty.com/languages/the-trials-of-growing-up-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-89167 sophiemarie Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:38:59 +0000 http://socyberty.com/languages/the-trials-of-growing-up-bilingual/#comment-89167 Hi, I grew up using several languages as well, chatting in different languages is not that difficult but writing the way you do Lucas, that is really amazing :) Hi, I grew up using several languages as well, chatting in different languages is not that difficult but writing the way you do Lucas, that is really amazing :)

]]> By: Lucas Dié http://socyberty.com/languages/the-trials-of-growing-up-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-89163 Lucas Dié Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:02:03 +0000 http://socyberty.com/languages/the-trials-of-growing-up-bilingual/#comment-89163 :) I see that more with similar experiences are finding their way here :)<br /> <br /> and yes, as a child you just pick it up; what is astonishing though, even not using it for years, you can get back into any of the languages by a longer immersion into it :) I see that more with similar experiences are finding their way here :)

and yes, as a child you just pick it up; what is astonishing though, even not using it for years, you can get back into any of the languages by a longer immersion into it

]]> By: BoJack454 http://socyberty.com/languages/the-trials-of-growing-up-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-89165 BoJack454 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:27:58 +0000 http://socyberty.com/languages/the-trials-of-growing-up-bilingual/#comment-89165 My mom hated the Italian thing,still does,but she learned to cook pretty good,but not like Nonna.That's grandmother in English,she was Great Grandmother but that's what we called her.Just recently at Thanksgiving called my cousin.We remembered some old memories from way back,was a good time in our lives.God Bless.El Nombre di Padre,di Vidi y espirito santi,Amen.<br /> Hope I got that right.Might be a little rusty My mom hated the Italian thing,still does,but she learned to cook pretty good,but not like Nonna.That’s grandmother in English,she was Great Grandmother but that’s what we called her.Just recently at Thanksgiving called my cousin.We remembered some old memories from way back,was a good time in our lives.God Bless.El Nombre di Padre,di Vidi y espirito santi,Amen.
Hope I got that right.Might be a little rusty

]]> By: BoJack454 http://socyberty.com/languages/the-trials-of-growing-up-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-89159 BoJack454 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:19:15 +0000 http://socyberty.com/languages/the-trials-of-growing-up-bilingual/#comment-89159 Hi Lucas,I endured a similiar fate.I grew up in San Diego,where you almost must know some Spanish,of course English,and my grandfather and great grandmother came here from Italy.GGM wouldn't lower herself to speak English,my aunt was half Mexican half Italian also,we went to old Mexico often,and obviously needed English.I still remember and get by with what Spanish I remember,only remember words in Italian,GGM died when I was 7 or 8,but when young,we knew everything she said.But written is similiar to Spanish so I get a lot of it. Hi Lucas,I endured a similiar fate.I grew up in San Diego,where you almost must know some Spanish,of course English,and my grandfather and great grandmother came here from Italy.GGM wouldn’t lower herself to speak English,my aunt was half Mexican half Italian also,we went to old Mexico often,and obviously needed English.I still remember and get by with what Spanish I remember,only remember words in Italian,GGM died when I was 7 or 8,but when young,we knew everything she said.But written is similiar to Spanish so I get a lot of it.

]]> By: Brian Daniel Stankich http://socyberty.com/languages/the-trials-of-growing-up-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-89161 Brian Daniel Stankich Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:41:38 +0000 http://socyberty.com/languages/the-trials-of-growing-up-bilingual/#comment-89161 Lucas, brilliant! Thank you for sharing your experience mixed with the research. I totally admire you for your linguistic abilities. We lived in Macedonia for a time and I was so embarrassed to see that Europeans know 3-4 languages while we Americans couldn't learn a second one. <br /> <br /> The interesting point is the connection between language and relationships and culture. I observed this with my young children in Macedonia. They switched languages based on the sounds, the level of friendships we had with certain people, the frequency of contact with them, the color of their skin. It was all so interesting.<br /> <br /> Brian Lucas, brilliant! Thank you for sharing your experience mixed with the research. I totally admire you for your linguistic abilities. We lived in Macedonia for a time and I was so embarrassed to see that Europeans know 3-4 languages while we Americans couldn’t learn a second one.

The interesting point is the connection between language and relationships and culture. I observed this with my young children in Macedonia. They switched languages based on the sounds, the level of friendships we had with certain people, the frequency of contact with them, the color of their skin. It was all so interesting.

Brian

]]> By: Lucas Dié http://socyberty.com/languages/the-trials-of-growing-up-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-89157 Lucas Dié Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:08:10 +0000 http://socyberty.com/languages/the-trials-of-growing-up-bilingual/#comment-89157 Thank you :) Thank you :)

]]> By: hfj http://socyberty.com/languages/the-trials-of-growing-up-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-89155 hfj Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:19:18 +0000 http://socyberty.com/languages/the-trials-of-growing-up-bilingual/#comment-89155 Good article. Glad to find out that you too are a golfer since that is my favorite hobby. Good article. Glad to find out that you too are a golfer since that is my favorite hobby.

]]> By: Lucas Dié http://socyberty.com/languages/the-trials-of-growing-up-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-89153 Lucas Dié Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:20:25 +0000 http://socyberty.com/languages/the-trials-of-growing-up-bilingual/#comment-89153 It was :) It was :)

]]>