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joe3805,
I wrote the following post about 20 months ago.
When I just looked at it again, I think the content is still valid now.
1) If you want your child to learn French/Japanese just for interest, either one is fine as long as your child likes it.
2) But if you think about it more pragmatically (i.e. whether this third language will be useful for your child or not in future career), you may consider the following.
Japanese : mainly used in Japan
French : used in France, part of Switzerland, part of Italy, part of Belgium, part of Luxembourg (Europe); Quebec & French-speaking provinces (Canada); some countries in the (Carribean Sea); former French colonies in (Africa) and various islands in the Pacific Ocean and some people in Vietnam and Laos (Asia)
As we are in HK, the younger generation likes the Japanese culture, clothes, food and comic books very much and a lot of HK people like to go to Japan for vacation as well.
There are more Japanese companies in HK and there could be relatively higher chance to work for a Japanese company than a French company.
Geographically, HK is much farther from France than from Japan so theoretically, we should have relatively less chance in using French here, unless we work in a French company. But you can use French in a much wider territory than Japanese.
However, my personal bias is that when a girl speaks French, it sounds beautiful.
I guess other TSL parents may have different views on this.
No matter you will choose basic French or basic Japanese for your child eventually, don’t expect your child to be very fluent French/Japanese speaker even after 6-year’s lessons, unless your child will have the chance to practice either language at home with family members.
I presume the lessons taught are rather “basic”.
However, there is no harm for the kid to learn one more language just for interest at an early stage.
Do consult with your child and make the choice.
原帖由 joe3805 於 09-3-4 13:43 發表
我個女女今年將入讀TSL, 想問吓到讀法/日文會好啲?
1)自己覺得讀日文係香港會實用好多, 日常接觸會比法文多, 會對佢學起嚟有啲幫助同提高興趣.
2)相反法文它日考中學入學試又有用過日文.
3)自己睇過吓啲法文書, 覺 ...
[ 本帖最後由 principal 於 09-3-4 16:35 編輯 ] |
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