Mom mixing 2 languages with 15 mo old

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Heather Snyder

Posted 12/13/10	Reply with quote #1

Hi, I’m a speech-language pathologist. I’m working with a mother that is a native English speaker. She lived in Spain during her high school years & has some family members that speak Spanish. This mother lives in Italy. The child is delayed in expressive & receptive speech. The mother is speaking to her child in a mixture of Italian & Spanish. What are your thoughts on this? I would think she should only speak one language at a time….isn’t she confusing this child? 1. Country you live in: Italy 2. Languages the family speaks: English 3. Ages of the children: 15 months 4. Language system: mixing languages

sandra

Posted 12/17/10	Reply with quote #2

At that age their brains are like sponges they absorb anything.. If I were that mom and speak languages with the child. I would not mix them in a sentences.. Like one word english and the other italian… have a conversation in english.. stop the conversation and a few min.. have another one in italian… it helps a lot to get close to the child basically in his/her face and pronounce everyword very cleary..

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