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조금있으면 LA로 남편따라(L-1)가는데 딸애가 6살입니다.
내년9월에 학교도 보내야하고 ..
잘 보지도 않던 영영사전으로 찾고 몇권의 책들가지고 공부하는데
마음이 앞서지 잘 되질 않습니다.
추천해주실 서적,사이트나 특별한 주부님들의 노하우 있으시면
도움 좀 주세요.
미리 감사합니다.
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애들이야 오면 학교에서 공부하고 친구들하고 얘기하면서 영어가 느는데,,
어른들은 그냥 텔레비젼보고 영화보고 회사에서 얘기하고 뭐 그렇죠 뭐,,
학문적인 영어는 한국에서 배우는 것이 더 빠를 듯합니다..
여기는 실전활용의 장,,;
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한국어 잊지 말아주세요..
제가 아는 분은 자식들에게는 집에서 절대로 영어 못하게 해서
자식들이 성인이 되어도 한국어,영어 다 잘하더군요..
영어만 할려면 아예 시민권까지 가지고 가시든가,,
스티브 유처럼 돈은 한국에서 벌고 미국에 충성하면 미움받지요..; -
I guess everybody have different story, and can give different recommendation. I will explain a little about my family. We are in the States only about few years.
First, children. People tend to say children can learn English, along with the new culture, much easy, so no need to worry about them. Well, in one sense it is true. Now my daughter pronounce a wa
y better than me. I learn certain expression from my son occasionally. But in another sense, it is as much stressful for them as any adult. Think about when your child come home from scholl crying since she couldn’t understand what other kids are talking around her. (usually less problem with teachers) Guess how they feel when they have an esay homework while they barely understand the class. Afterall it is not that easy to get a friend if they are not that lucky. So, please look after your child even more carefully. There may not be a short cut, but when mom and dad can make a big difference in such turbulent time (unfortunaltely mom and dad have to go through the same dificult time…) I hope you don’t follow somebody’s mistake(^;
Spouse. Well there is a woman who barely used foreighn language before she left the home country. Waching TV? a lot. Watching movies? quite a lot (especially one with beutiful picture but boring^; ESL? she seems to love the class itself. Volunteering or parent meeting? At least a couple times a week plus other community activities. She speaks in pretty much every situation, doctor appointment, car repair, house cleaning, of course shopping, in many times through the phone. But I don’t think her English has been improved much since she landed in the States. I guess the thing I’ve learned from that is you can speak in pretty much every situation regardless of your language skill. It’s your mind, not the language, that keeps you from talking with other English-speaking neighbors around. They are ALL experts when it comes to ENGLISH^_^ So they can understand you if they want. (There is whole another story when they don’t want to, but let’s skip that portion now) You can always tell yourself that ‘What kind of American can’t understand English? (a little broken though)’. Reading a book is quite effective way to improve English I believe. Your brain becomes more focused on language when you read than watch. But ultimately I think it is all up to whether there is any real pressure to learn, or to make your English less broken. (Mine is pretty broken also, but I am working) I think ‘수영맘’ is already lot more proficient than many others (including the woman mentioned above^;. So I don’t think you have problem in shopping, ordering a dinner at the restaurant, making an appointment, etc. But without a pressure from the real world, it may be harder than one think to improve English skil. That’s why people from other part of Asia, who didn’t study English for 10 years in their home country, learns practical English much faster than better educated Korean. If you really want it may not be a bad idea to put yourself in a situation that gives you more immenient demand…
If there is a chance I can tell you what I did later…
Best of luck in your new journey!