Will you teach your kids Chinese?

hmm i wil ltry my best to teach my kids chinese but my chinese is pantsss lets hope the wifey's chinese is super gd =P

 

I would teach my kids both chinese and english so that theyre bilingual

 

The chinese language will be taught to my children because a lot of cool things can be done if you know and understand chinese.

 

yeah for sure

 

Well of course we would speak chinese to our kids but i wouldn't force my kids to take up mandrin classes to add up their level of stress haha.

 

yeah of course. the language of the mainland is so important to learn now too.

 

I am not Chinese, but I will teach my son Chinese. Because there is a lot more entertainment in Chinese. TVB THUMBS UP!!!

 

Just curious, how can you teach your child(ren) Chinese if you don't know it... -huh

 

There are many non-chinese people who know chinese.

 

True enough, but do you think it is THAT common? I personally have yet to know non-Chinese to be fluent enough in Chinese to teach anyone the language (I've know a few Whites who are perfectly fluent in Japanese and Thai, so it kind of begs the question whether I just know the wrong group of people) -tongue2

 

Er, I think you know the wrong group of people.

As for learning the language without knowing the language yourself, there is such a place called language school, or tapes and cds, or even on the internet, there are language lessons available, though limited.

 

Yet again, the point being whether a person learning the language thru language school/language course/tape/internet can ever be fluent enough without immersing themselves in a Chinese-speaking community...

 

We taught our one English first and now its really difficult for him to learn chinese!

 

I would. It's essential nowadays and knowing more than one language is already a plus!

 

ideally i'd want to teach my kids chinese. although, i'm still only learning it myself at 21, lol. i'd like to move to taiwan though and live there for a while, have my kids go to school there for a while.

 

i wud teach my kid chinese once he/she learns english first =]

 

I'd teach my kids Chinese, just like my parents taught me Chinese then English.

 

of course, it's always very important to learn our mothertongue first

 

you can't forget ur root

 

of course i will teach my children chinese. chinese Mandarain are the most spoken language in the planet