1, mother wondered: Does the complicated language environment affect the baby's speech?
At home, my grandparents speak dialects, my father speaks Cantonese and my mother speaks Mandarin. The complicated language environment at home worries my mother. My son Ningning is two years old. Except for "mom and dad", everything else is slurred. Seeing that some children of the same age are fluent in language, mother is really anxious. The hospital examination found nothing unusual. What happened? Is it because family members "speak their own words" have an influence on the baby's learning to speak?
Studies have pointed out that children from families that speak more than two dialects have more developmental language barriers than children from families that only speak one language, especially children aged 2 to 3. Therefore, the family language environment is too complicated, just like Ningning's family, where many dialects coexist, which will confuse Ningning, who is imitating adults to learn the language. As a result, she speaks late.
2. What effect does language mixing have on baby's speech?
The baby is confused and it is difficult to talk.
The communication language in the family is not uniform, so it is difficult for the baby to imitate and learn. He doesn't know which sound is correct. In addition, the baby's ability to distinguish is poor, so that children can't learn who to talk to. In this way, the stage of learning a language is lengthened, and finally he can't speak a complete set of languages. That's why some babies can't talk at the right age.
Severe possible aphasia
More seriously, multiple language environments may make the baby "dumb", that is, suffer from aphasia or autism. According to the statistics of the US Centers for Disease Control, the incidence of autism among children in the United States has increased by 10 times compared with the 1980s, and 1 person in every 300 children suffers from the disease. One of the important factors is that they live in a multilingual cultural environment, and their babies are at a loss because they don't adapt to this complicated language environment and suffer from autism.
Confused language, confused thinking
Many dialects coexist in the family, and some people around the baby say this and that, so that the baby can grow up in this "chaotic" environment. For example, a young mother tells stories to her baby in Mandarin every night. The same story was told by her grandmother in dialect during the day, and the name in the story was different. When the mother tells the baby a story to identify something, the baby is full of puzzled eyes, because speaking in multiple languages has caused confusion in the baby's language thinking.
3, the family language is messy, how to teach the baby language?
Children begin to learn to speak, and we should really pay attention to the influence of various dialects on him, especially in the critical period of language development. However, some studies have found that before the baby 1 year old, parents can safely let the child's brain store different languages, talk to the baby more, and develop the baby's "language recognition ability" as much as possible. However, parents should pay attention to grasp the critical period of language expression in time and teach their children to speak standard Mandarin after 1 year old.
Stick to a language
If both parents speak Cantonese, you can choose Cantonese as your baby's first mother tongue. However, if the family language environment is complicated, Bian Xiao suggested that children should be educated in Mandarin. Be careful not to mix dialects or children's languages.
When the baby just begins to learn to speak, the family should speak clearly so that the baby can have a correct learning model. Don't give up speaking Mandarin with your baby just because your Mandarin level is poor. You know, even Putonghua with dialect is more conducive to his language learning than simply communicating with his baby in dialect.
Timely guidance or correction
If you find that the baby is pointing at something and can't say it, it may be because he lacks this vocabulary, or the expressions in various dialects confuse him. At this time, you can tell him "I want peaches" in standard Mandarin, and then encourage him to repeat it, and he will learn what to say next time. If you still find that your child has an obvious dialect accent, you should correct it patiently in time, but don't scold or lose your temper.
Help children say complete sentences.
When babies learn languages, they often say simple words, such as "cookies" and "see dad". Most parents understand the baby's meaning and give him what he wants, so that the baby becomes "too lazy to express" after being strengthened. Therefore, mothers should encourage him to speak complete sentences and teach children the correct expressions.
Enrich language learning materials.
Parents can also use multimedia resources to improve their children's language ability. Arrange children to listen to children's programs on the radio, watch children's programs on TV appropriately (no more than half an hour every day), or listen to nursery rhymes or CD-ROMs you bought for your children. These resources can help children accept more influences from Mandarin.
Create opportunities for children to communicate with their peers
Peer-to-peer partners speak the same language and have a high enthusiasm for speaking. Parents can take their children to visit relatives and friends, or go to the park to give them more opportunities to play with their peers. Moreover, children are born to "give up halfway". If they want to make each other understand their ideas, they must force their words to be clear and complete. So this is also an exercise for children under environmental pressure!