The unsolved mystery of American mothers: Why does my baby hate learning Chinese so much

01. "Why should I learn Chinese?"

When parents face such soul torture, they cannot refute it.My mother, who lives in the Bay Area, was worried on the forum recently and asked for help online.

Nancy’s child is 3 years old, but as a mother, Nancy has always been upset about one thing.

"My husband and I both grew up in China. Since the baby was born, we have insisted on speaking Chinese at home for the past two years, and the baby can understand most of it. But since I went there last yearDaycare in English, so I don’t speak Chinese at home., I don’t listen to any guidance and education... Now Chinese is basically no longer possible, will it be more difficult to teach in the future"

After the post was posted, most of the posts were as confused and worried as her.In some serious children, parents and children can't get a response when speaking Chinese, but they can communicate smoothly when speaking English.

However, mothers-to-be or novice mothers who have just given birth may think that Nancy is too worried.

"I speak Chinese with my husband at home, and are you worried that my child will not speak Chinese in the future...I am more worried about my English level than Chinese..."

But after sending the children to daycare, the mothers found out,The time for this child to speak Chinese is too precious, and it will be difficult for the child to speak in the future.

For families like Nancy whose parents both speak Chinese, it is so difficult for their children to keep learning and speaking Chinese. Those parents who do not have the conditions to create a Chinese environment at home are even more helpless.

02. "Without a Chinese context at home, learning Chinese is even more difficult"

Jennifer's husband is ABC. After working, he gradually realized the importance of Chinese: Now that there are more and more ABC children, there may not be much distinction in education background.Who can master one more language and one more skill will be more competitive.So the couple hope to train their children to learn Chinese from an early age.But because my husband's own Chinese is not good enough,There is no way to cooperate with Jennifer to create a single language environment at home, Resulting in children being reluctant to speak Chinese at home.

Jennifer said that he has not found a good way yet, and he dare not push the children too much.She said that sometimes when she guides her child to speak Chinese, she will be confused by the child's "Heavenly Questions":

"Why should I learn Chinese?What's the point of learning Chinese?"

03. "Learning Chinese used to be my most hated activity."

Lin Jiayan, PhD student of UC Berkeley in Integrated Biology,In an article published on the New York Times Chinese website, this is how I describe my feelings for Chinese.When she was the last teenager to learn Chinese, she had such psychological activities:

"My parents immigrated to the United States so hard,

Want me to succeed in America,

Why should I learn Chinese again? "

Identity

This is actually a problem that plagues many Chinese families-Identity.

For children who grew up in North America,"Chinese" is just an ethnic identity left by a family,并There is no sense of belonging.If parents always persuade the child on the grounds that you are Chinese, so you must learn Chinese well, it will make the child unacceptable.

Asian influencer Fung Brother also used his own personal experience to speak out, revealing a series of reasons why ABC does not like to speak Chinese deep down in his heart.

credit: Fung Brother Youtube Channel

How to let children learn Chinese well?

We invited

Graduated from Lisa Zhang, Columbia UniversityBring online lectures

Lisa has both13 years of overseas teaching experience,

Also the mother of a high school student

Her past difficulties, experience in teaching and parenting

Maybe it’s what many American mothers experience now and in the future

She will share her valuable experience for us:

Main content of the lecture

Analysis of the reasons why children are difficult to learn Chinese in aesthetics.
如何改善不同年龄段（0-4岁、5-8岁、8-12岁）孩子在学中文的困难现状？
How should parents cooperate in the process of children learning Chinese?

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