Foreign Language Learning Window
I have heard before that research indicates that children who learn a second language as a young child become better readers and writers once they enter the upper elementary grades. I have always wanted to give my children this wonderful gift of being able to communicate with people in a language other than their own first language. However, for some reason, I am procrastinating. I think to myself, “The short window of opportunity for learning a second language is slowly beginning to close” and yet, I still delay.
I do not have a “good” excuse for waiting, but I do have plenty of excuses. The first one is the biggest. I don’t speak a second language. I know bits and pieces of Spanish, German, and French, but I definitely am not fluent in any of these. My husband, however, is fluent in French. This leads to my second excuse.
The school where my children will attend gives instruction in Spanish beginning in first grade. So now I wonder if teaching them French now would just add confusion later.
My third excuse, of course, is simply that their school will teach them a language later.
There are other excuses, including “It costs too much money,” “I don’t have the time”, “How will I answer their questions?”, etc. etc. But no matter how many excuses I come up with, my thoughts always lead me back to the fact that teaching them a second language is a gift. I guess I better make a decision about which language to teach and get started. Au revoir…or maybe…adios!
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Written by Laura on October 23, 2009
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