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   Jiko Rojino (jikodesu@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 12-Jan-2024 12:48:34 JST Jiko Rojino

   I don't understand Filipino parents who only speak to their children in English. My parents only spoke to me in their native Tagalog language. I only learned English in school but I think my English turned out fine.

   Did they really think making their children monolingual (instead of bilingual) is an advantage?

   #MotherTongue #ChildDevelopment #Languages #LanguageLearning #Bilingual #Monolingual #Filipino #Philippines #Asian #TootSEA

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     Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢 (youronlyone@c.im)'s status on Friday, 12-Jan-2024 12:48:34 JST Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢

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     @jikodesu For me, it's fine to start in English as long as they don't forget to teach their native (whichever province they are/were from) and the National Language, Filipino.

     Oh, and if it is Philippine English that they are teaching.

     My cousin in the US is teaching his kids to speak Tagalog (since it was still mainly Tagalog when they left the Philippines). His wife is European-American, who herself is learning Tagalog from him.

     They're planning to come here this year just so their kids get more training in Tagalog. Funnily, their “second cousins” speak to them in English. Hahaha.

     Anyway. I think most parents are still not aware that being bilingual and multilingual is actually beneficial. It makes sense in a way, since we don't notice we're benefitting from being bi/multilingual.