父母如何提升自己英語能力？

mandy_ng207

大家可唔可以分享下，如何提升自己的英語能力？
我仔K1，讀英語幼稚園，宜家已經滿口英文，我開始覺得自己有點不足...
除左睇SCMP同BBC news之外，大家有無咩提議去提升自己英語能力？
我係working mum, 好難抽空去同佢d鬼仔同學一齊玩呀, 學英文最好係through self learning media.
另外佢好鐘意工程車，成日問我部車叫咩名或者要來做乜，我真係唔識用英文答！我係咪應該教佢查字典，或者買本encyclopedia自己"煲"？
謝謝！

LittleOsMummy

I would normally suggest simple things like watching English tv shows, series, listening to overseas radio online etc. And you need to choose things that you are interested in or topics that you can relate to. Since you are now doing this for your son, why don't you watch some cartoons with him? There are British/American/Australian (maybe Canadian too?)cartoons on Netflix and my son just randomly picks whatever looks good to him. I bet he has learnt a lot of new words from watching those cartoons    I reckon you could be benefited from them too!

s7824

mandy_ng207 發表於 18-1-26 10:01
大家可唔可以分享下，如何提升自己的英語能力？
我仔K1，讀英語幼稚園，宜家已經滿口英文，我開始覺得自己 ...

仔仔咁叻，讀邊間呀？

想學好啲英文，可以聽下英文歌（冇咁悶），先睇中文新聞，再睇同台英文新聞，唔睇字幕會進步得快啲

貝珠

我其實覺得冇需要，因為小孩一直在IS 升學，佢他好快成為native , 我地一把年紀係追唔到嘅。也因為佢地英文已經咁好，我更加要用中文和小朋友溝通。

王雨瑩

吓！你概念錯晒喎！
父母應該用母語同仔女溝通，而唔係就佢黎用自己唔精既語言溝通。
照你方法做你會詞不達意，講野死板似教科書，無靈魂，到喉唔到肺。
到佢大D真係學唔番廣東話(因為你無講)，仲會影響親子關係。
你唔使驚佢唔明廣東話所以就佢講英文。個個BB都係乜都唔識開始。好多人小學移民最初一句英文都唔識，有人同佢講幾年就會識。

mandy_ng207

放心，我喺佢考完Year 1 (下年1月）後會講多d廣東話。不過，作為屋企唯一能講流利英語的人，自己英文都唔算差（公開試攞火箭）的情況下，我好希望自己可以同佢講下英文，佢會開心d，同時自己英文又可以有進步。
我情願佢全句講英文，好過講Englese (例如 I like the balloon to 飛上天空）

mandy_ng207

s7824 發表於 18-1-26 14:44
仔仔咁叻，讀邊間呀？

想學好啲英文，可以聽下英文歌（冇咁悶），先睇中文新聞，再睇同台英文新聞，唔睇 ...

你過獎了，仔仔幾乎全班同學都講到流利英文的，唔係淨係佢一個。
你嘅提議唔錯，我都鐘意睇新聞，可惜香港的英語電視新聞只有CCTVB!

funfun0209

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睇新聞学唔到口語呀。睇卡通或劇集会好D。另外如果真係好有時間可睇下youtube，有D專教母語非英語的頻道，其實係有D細節可留意，發音用詞会較好。

tibbar2011

mandy_ng207 發表於 18-1-26 16:29
放心，我喺佢考完Year 1 (下年1月）後會講多d廣東話。不過，作為屋企唯一能講流利英語的人，自己英文都唔算 ...

You said you are fluent - so what’s the concern?

mandy_ng207

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I am coming short of vocabs. I really want to speak like the natives

964000

mandy_ng207 發表於 18-1-26 23:00
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I am coming short of vocabs. I really want to speak like the natives

Then just watch cartoons and TV series, you can’t learn daily English from SCMP and  BBC news.  

王雨瑩

mandy_ng207 發表於 18-1-26 16:29
放心，我喺佢考完Year 1 (下年1月）後會講多d廣東話。不過，作為屋企唯一能講流利英語的人，自己英文都唔算 ...

點解你講英文佢會開心D？因為你同佢講唔夠多中文。如果你講開中文，你用中文同佢討論佢都會投入都會開心。你諗下你想同佢講太陽黃咁咁，天空黑媽媽，夜晚靜英英，青蛙滑潺潺。你點用英文表達？根本交代唔到個神髓，溝通只停響表面，而且令佢學少左好多野。
上到小學先轉中文已經太遲，多數唔會彩你，唔會願意講。
總之最重要係同佢講番自己母語，為考國際學校而轉台(唔係自己母語)唔會利多於弊。
再者，如果你只同佢講中文，老師只同佢講英文，佢唔會兩種話撈埋黎講。會撈埋係因為一種語言接觸唔夠多。

ZackMama

mandy_ng207 發表於 18-1-26 16:29
放心，我喺佢考完Year 1 (下年1月）後會講多d廣東話。不過，作為屋企唯一能講流利英語的人，自己英文都唔算 ...

我完全明白你擔心啲咩，考小一要加油！其實就算native，媽媽都唔係萬能，唔會咩都解釋到。例如我仔問點解”there were 9 planets in the universe but now only 8 left？” 我點可能識答？如果問到唔識答，咪即時google吓囉！順手教佢唔識唔緊要，好多方法可以搵到答案嘅！

mandy_ng207

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每個小朋友語言天分不同，我仔以前讀local school PN 班，廣東話一樣慢人九條街。我屋企仲有普通話學，我地奉行「一親一語」的。

王雨瑩

mandy_ng207 發表於 18-1-27 09:44
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每個小朋友語言天分不同，我仔以前讀local school PN 班，廣東話一樣慢人九條街。我屋 ...

唔關邊樣語言有天份D。唔會天生咩語言叻D。係PN細一年，語言能力未掌握。K1開始發展成熟，你俾佢接觸英文，咁咪好似學英文學得快D。
如果你繼續俾佢讀廣東話K1，佢一樣可以講到喇喇聲。
不過睇黎你唔明幼兒學語言既道理，唔阻你用你方法。

shadeslayer

mandy_ng207 發表於 18-1-26 23:00
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I am coming short of vocabs. I really want to speak like the natives

And by asking a question here in a Chinese education forum, you think you will find the answer to achieving fluency at a native level?

mandy_ng207

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I am hoping to meet parents who wish to immerse themselves into the western culture after deciding to send their kids to IS, not those who just merely wish their kids to learn English at IS and are determined to keep Cantonese as their first language. So shall I ask the natives how they learn English? Like if I was asked by mainlanders how to learn Cantonese, how should I answer them? I have no experience to share at all !
When I have decided to send my kid to IS, I am prepared that his first language will be English. What i will do is to help him adapt to this English environment, not vice versa.

王雨瑩

mandy_ng207 發表於 18-1-27 10:55
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I am hoping to meet parents who wish to immerse themselves into the western ...

目標無大問題，但方法錯誤。（我對唔讓自己母語成為孩子母語有保留。）
講番你目標，想佢將非父母母語既語言成為母語，就唔係由父母去做。
幫佢既方法係要搵多D英文係母語既人同佢講野，唔係由你去用唔達標既語言去影響(多數負面)佢。
母語唔係英文，唔會有能力幫助佢令英文變成母語，反而會犧牲左你同佢之間既深層溝通同埋佢學多一個母語既機會。
讀國際學校就應該多聆聽多探究。可以研究下幼兒學習語言既資訊。
順帶一提，唔反對你學好英文，或讓孩子用英文做第一語言，最重要係兩者無關係。

shadeslayer

mandy_ng207 發表於 18-1-27 10:55
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I am hoping to meet parents who wish to immerse themselves into the western ...

I don't know how you achieve native fluency or who you should ask.   By asking a bunch of HK parents all of them do not speak native English, I am pretty sure you won't get what you want.

The meeting like minded people bit is fine.    Judging from the responses, it seems even that you are not getting.