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I know this may be controversial but I prefer my children to learn English from a British teacher rather than American. We are wanted to send our kids to the British school but they do not seem to have a junior […]

You need to be at university or college for at least two years before Sophia university will even consider a transfer to Sophia Faculty of Liberal Arts.
The English taught Faculty. is in the Yotsuya campus but […]

Aniko, thanks for the excellent reference. Much to think about. With my son am using the one parent speaking only one language and so far he seems to automatically learning two languages but that article makes […]

Bilingual achievment in the same time frame it takes monolingual children to learn a language occurs naturally in a duel home environmet. ie Mother Japanese/Father English, but being biliterate is much harder and […]

Definately not good, even if minute levels of cesium. “Cesium-137 that enters the body is distributed throughout the soft tissues, especially in muscle…. Radiation is more dangerous for infants because their cells are dividing more rapidly and radiation-damaged RNA may be carried in more generations of cells, . The risk for children depends on the [...]

I hope everything is getting better for you and your family these days, Janette.

agreed w glynn to be sincere and transparent to children of facts and matters surrounding their family, community and global events only influences a child in a positive manner and teaching them to be more socially educated as well.

Neko, it depends on the age and sensitivities of the individual child. Our youngest son is 11 years old and we did not shield him from the horrific video footage of the tsunami destruction. Also, here in Tokyo he did experience the original quakes and the aftershocks. A while later, I asked him if there [...]

There is no confusion about Dad saying “apple” and Mom saying “ringo”. Baby will simply understand that you use one word with Dad and the other word with Mom. Nothing wrong with that. Nothing wrong with both parents speaking both languages either. No child will grow up naturally bilingual unless there is a social need [...]

Yes, I do. Two. If you give them enough interesting input from both languages (I include parent time in that ) they will do fine. No problems wil arise as long as your child needs and wants to talk to each parent. If you both start talking to your child in Japanese and neglect [...]

Thanks Glyn, an active 11 month old does not give me much internet time. I read many opinions on the subject on English and Japanese blogs, many different opinions. For example Baby knows the word Apple in English so I do not say “ringo” as it might confuse him. he knows other words in Japanese [...]

Hi, neko … any reply coming? This is an excellent topic for discussion.

Depends how much exposure your child gets to each parent. If you both have equal interaction time and content, your child will not know that they are learning two languages but will simply learn to speak to each parent differently.