How to Make Your Kids Speak Fluent Mandarin

Posted by David Beasley
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Aug 26, 2015
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We all want to learn more than one languages. All of us feel fascinated by exotic sounding words from other languages. Lately a lot of people are feeling inclined to learn Mandarin. A lot of compelling reasons motivate people to learn it. It is probably because China happens to be one of the richest and oldest cultures of the world. Almost one fifth of the total population of the world speaks mandarin.

So, if you are fluent in it, you can converse with a huge population.  One thing that we should know when it comes to learning any new skill is that kids tend to learn stuff at a much faster and rapid speed than adults. The same way children tend to learn language without too much of trouble. Especially if they are exposed to a foreign language when they are still young preferably during the ages of zero to five, the results can be astonishing.  By the time they reach the age of six they will speak it like a native speaker.

You should know that learning mandarin is becoming the hot new trend especially in the USA. A lot of schools are integrating Chinese in their curriculum and part of study material. But if you want your kids to speak it fluently, you should enroll him in a good learning program. Children learn language at a really face pace during early stages of development. They don't even need to differentiate words from different languages. So if they are talked to in Chinese, they will process it naturally and take it in without pressuring their brains into. The whole process of adding new words in their vocabulary will be absolutely natural until they reach a certain age.

Kids don't need explanation in English or translation of one word into another. For them deciphering the meanings of words is a continuous and ongoing process which even they are not aware of. So the whole thing is actually put on an automated mode when they are still growing. Therefore, if you are a parent who understands the importance of being a bilingual and the kind of advantage bilinguals tend to get, you should definitely make your kids learn Chinese at home.

There is so much of study material available online. A lot of schools are there that use interactive study materials like videos, fun games, and songs to accelerate the pace of learning. When kids listen to the words of foreign language and see others speak it they notice the patterns. They try to imitate others as to how to move their lips  to make the exact sounds they are listening. Therefore, always go with an interactive and engaging learning tutorial/program.
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