TV: Progress in Chinese

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An online channel dedicated to promoting a love of Mandarin starting from a child's preschool years.Diana Ser is founder of Crazy About Chinese (www.dianaser.com), an online channel dedicated to promoting a love of Mandarin starting from a child's preschool years. She champions parent-led learning during the "golden period" of language acquisition 0- 6 years, through play and routine day-to-day activities. A former broadcast journalist, Diana is effectively bilingual in English and Mandarin. She has over 20 years of experience in the Singapore media industry spanning TV, print and radio.

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Do you think it's a little too overwhelming for my 4yr old if we are trying to teach her 3 languages right now? (English, Malay and Thai, due to our heritage). Should we stick to just 2 and explore the third language later on? Or is it ok to introduce them all to her now?

What a beautiful blend of heritage you have there! I was told that kids brains are like sponges! The more they are exposed to, the more they will learn. As long as you don't make it stressful and academic focus, I don't think it will be overwhelming. Focusing on the cultural perspective (music, costumes, food etc ) together with the language will make it more interesting and definitely less overwhelming for your kid.

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Both husband and me are Malaysian and we are coming from Chinese educated background. But our child born in Sg. Should we speak only mandarin to our child? If yes will it be difficult for our child to pick up the english spoken environment when growing up? And primary language in sg is english. I feel weird when I speak mandarin to our child but people around me mostly speak english. Both of us feel that Mandarin and English are important too.

Wow if you are from a Chinese ed background, rejoice! I would not worry about your child picking up English - the larger environment in Singapore will ensure he/she hears it often enough. It will be good if one parent can speak English. If you are not confident of your language, listen to lots of audio. When I first started reading the news, I listened to BBC Radio every single day, whenever I could. I picked up correct pronunciations that way. Good luck!

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