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Posted on: 23-11-04 09:47:10
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Orginally posted by mercury6
But speaking to people (and among yourselves/family) in English will help you a lot.
I personally will advise you never to do that - with your family members, one should always talk in mother tongue. This is one of the simplest ways of preserving your culture and heritage - and also one of the simplest ways of losing the bondage of family and roots if you shift to a foreign language as means of communication within the family.
Infact just last night I was talking to an elementary school teacher who said that one of her colleagues had written a remark on the report card of a child that in order to improve the child's english, his parents should speak to him in English rather than mother tongue. On seeing that remark, she had observed that in her opinion, this is a wrong advice since a child can learn english in various other ways (watching TV shows meant for children, reading story books, etc.). Later she came to know that even the principal of the school asked the concerned teacher to remove such remark from all the report cards whereever she had written this, and the lady had to redo her report cards.
And you indirectly concur with my view I know since you have written the below given:
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Orginally posted by mercury6
Then I moved abroad to US and now I have forgotten to speak my own language. No Kidding, I cant complete full sentences in hindi without turning to English.
Chandresh
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Chandresh,
True. Thats a possibility.
But I havent forgotten my culture. The bond is quite strong. I feel totally Indian.
Kids here will go the other way . there is no stopping. As they become older they wil stay away from their parents (even while in the house) longer and longer.....Outside they will be in company of friends from various backgrounds.....English is al they will speak. In fact Even if the parents are somewhat not that good in English, the kids will be and they will be speaking English, not out of preference but Because thats what they will be used to.
The tussle will be between their outside environment (very strong influence) and the one inside their home (which will get weaker an weaker).
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Orginally posted by mercury6
The tussle will be between their outside environment (very strong influence) and the one inside their home (which will get weaker an weaker).
Fully agreed - but then let's not give wind to the fire by starting speaking a foreign language at home with your own spouse and children. My children are born and brought up outside India, but they speak fluent Hindi and can read it too. And that itself is a great bondage for me - i do not have to make extra efforts (in their foreign language) to explain things in day to day life and relationships with rest of family and friends both in Canada as well as in India.
Chandresh
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Orginally posted by chandresh
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Orginally posted by mercury6
The tussle will be between their outside environment (very strong influence) and the one inside their home (which will get weaker an weaker).
Fully agreed - but then let's not give wind to the fire by starting speaking a foreign language at home with your own spouse and children. My children are born and brought up outside India, but they speak fluent Hindi and can read it too. And that itself is a great bondage for me - i do not have to make extra efforts to explain things in day to day life and relationships with rest of family and friends both in Canada as well as in India.
Chandresh
Agree. Actually I dont speak english at home. I read and write Hindi too. i feel good about it.
I noticed that you said that English is a foreign language, something I had said in the "Lets learn english" thread and got picked on.
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I thank you very much to Blue Lobster , Chandresh, Jake3d, Chris, Mercury6 and Jago_desi for your time to reply and another thing weel done chandresh that your childres are speaking hindi....I am thinking to teach my kid hindi too...he is only six months old...anyway..
I agree that its important to speak your mother-tongue at home.
I have a good example of what could happen otherwisë:
My parents moved to Bombay from Kerala...and spoke to us in English so it would be easier for us to do well in school. I picked up what I know of malayalam from maids and relatives who stopped over for really extended periods 
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My wife similarly had the same experiences (her mother tongue is Konkani..which has no written script anymore). So our common language even in India was English(though we can understand and/or.. read/write/speak marthi, hindi,konkani and malayalam...apart from a bit of German and French between us).
Now that we are here our kids do not speak any Indian language. They are bilingual but not multilingual. Its a tough climb(though never impossible) to introduce an Indian language for us at this point.
Language is a strong link to a culture...if its important to you. The easiest way to maintain it is to speak it at home...especially if the spouses speak the same language.
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