Even parents who are not bilingual can help their children learn another language. Multilingual books, audio tapes and videos are widely available in libraries and bookstores. The increasing presence of computers in the home offers another powerful tool for home language learning. New software programs provide parents with creative methods of teaching culture, grammar, and real language use while children interact with audio, visual and textual information about the language and the culture of its speakers. With the advent of digitized sound a new dimension has been added to many of these programs.
Children are now able to hear the correct pronunciation of a phrase, a word, or even a syllable.
8 Parents have the opportunity to have a profound influence on their child's ability to be fluent in several languages. By helping your child and continuing to help her, you'll have made a lasting contribution to her quality of life and understanding of others and their culture.