Language

Raising bilingual children can be a challenge, and I’m glad I have you all to share my thoughts with. It’s good to know that I’m not alone. I get a lot emails from parents who want to teach their children Vietnamese. Sometimes …

People often tell me that Sophia talks like a little adult. She’s been hyper verbal as a toddler. She’s bilingual as well. I’ve never shied away from using big words with her. In fact, as a toddler one of her first big …

I’ve been making more of an effort to speak Vietnamese to the kids. I’ve notice that because I speak mainly Vietnamese to Jaxson, Sophia has started to response to me more often in Vietnamese. This is without any prodding from me. In …

A few weeks ago, my mother chastised me for the upteenth time that I wasn’t speaking enough Vietnamese to the kids. I actually felt a little guilty about it. I realized I needed a different way to share the Vietnamese language with …

During coffee with friends this morning, I had to do a little bragging. Jaxson now speaks 5 words: mum (Vietnamese for nurse or breastfeed in our family, but it literally means to gnaw), ăn (to eat in Vietnamese), Mama, Da (for daddy), …

Before I ever became a mother, I just knew that I would teach my children my native language, Vietnamese. Though I was born in the US, English isn’t my first language. I spoke no English until I started kindergarten. I’m first generation, …