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justin9213
Jun 1, 2006, 09:27
How to do tech mandarin to a one year old?

RockLee
Jun 1, 2006, 15:48
How do you teach a one year old English?

justin9213
Jun 2, 2006, 09:11
By pointing at things and saying the name.I doubt that will work with chinese since chinese is tonal

Mike Cash
Jun 2, 2006, 19:06
You obviously have no idea how infants learn language. They're prewired to pick up language; you don't have to teach it to them.

justin9213
Jun 3, 2006, 09:25
but..We usually talk English around the 1 year old.So, I will just talk Chinese around her.:-)

Mike Cash
Jun 3, 2006, 20:50
And your degree of Chinese proficiency is what, exactly?

justin9213
Jun 4, 2006, 00:46
I think I am still a begenner even though I know 7 characters and know 10 words

RockLee
Jun 4, 2006, 01:09
Hmm, I doubt he'll become proficient in Chinese with only those 10 words :D If your pronounciation is bad, all is for naught!

Mike Cash
Jun 4, 2006, 08:24
I think I am still a begenner even though I know 7 characters and know 10 words

Oh, don't judge yourself so harshly. That's like at least intermediate.

How long do you think it will take to teach the one year old those 10 words?

Kakulin
Jun 4, 2006, 10:02
Send her to China... or pay the cooks at your local chinese restaurant to baby sit her.

RockLee
Jun 4, 2006, 18:49
Hahaha, that's the wackiest idea so far ! :p

justin9213
Jun 6, 2006, 10:49
HA! HA! HA! ~ that is funny!

Mike Cash
Jun 6, 2006, 20:51
Not nearly as funny as thinking you're going to teach a toddler a language you only know 10 words of yourself.

Kakulin
Jun 7, 2006, 01:08
Wait until she is 6 years old or so and then make her learn with Rosetta Stone Mandarin.

Minty
Jun 7, 2006, 06:49
Send her to China... or pay the cooks at your local chinese restaurant to baby sit her.

Actually I saw a report where white people in the states hire Mandarin speaking nannies.

Gaijinian
Jun 8, 2006, 06:47
Actually I saw a report where white people in the states hire Mandarin speaking nannies.
I did, too.

Any, OP, you made me laugh so hard! Still a beginner, even though you know 10 words!:D

Kakulin
Jun 8, 2006, 10:28
Actually I saw a report where white people in the states hire Mandarin speaking nannies.

But it would be better if he hires the chinese cooks instead because that way his daugher will learn both, mandarin and cooking.

justin9213
Jun 10, 2006, 13:03
Ha~Ha~Ha~Ha!