Does Speaking Multiple Languages at Home Cause Speech Delay?

[@AgentsofSpeech]

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[@kozinoart]

Thank you for explaining this! My 2,5 yo son has a speech delay. We speak Russian, Chinese and English at home ( I speak to kids in russian, their dad uses Chinese with them and we also speak English). What threw me off was that our speech therapist here in Taiwan has told us to email speech association and ask for therapists specializing in bilingual children. I thought that was weird, because I have heard from other professionals like yourself online that bilinguism doesn't cause speech delay and now I am questioning wether the speech therapist we are currently seeing is capable. I have twins and my daughter speaks in sentences now, however my son still doesn't talk. This is a scary journey, especially when you live in a different country and things don't work the same way... So videos like yours do help. Thank you.

[@Yulia.chandrika]

I heard that kids with many languages take more time to talk but when they start talking they use all languages at once and speak well.

[@Yulia.chandrika]

I am a babysitter to a kid who hears 4 languages. The mom speaks slovenian, the dad speaks italian, the parents speak english to each other, and I also speak english to him. The school speaks in german. The kid is 1 year and a half, and speaks his own very cute jibrish I was curious about how would he learn to speak with so many languages.

[@bhela2619]

This was helpful Mang...thank u!

[@narayanasamynavaneetham8032]

Thank you

[@Em_Ay_Kei]

Thanks, what about kids in ASD and receiving speech therapy in a specific language, is it good idea to speak to them in another language at home?

[@AgentsofSpeech]

That is up to your speech therapists discretion

[@bilgeharris6423]

Very helpful thx u

[@arturoescorcia]

Being monolingual is kind of an American thing.

[@natalyar.1271]

Doesn’t make a lot of sense for me what he is saying. If the kid has to acquire two words for one thing, shouldn’t it take more time for him? Like learning two theories for one thesis, doesn’t that take longer for one person? Also, just because our world turns multilingual, does it mean the current situation must be explained by the current science or current science must adjust, analyze new situation and change if necessary? Saying that - well, it’s everywhere now, so the kids should develop the same, makes no logical sense whatsoever

[@AgentsofSpeech]

You missed the point, a child is delayed because there is a problem with language acquisition. Not a problem with how many languages a person has exposure to.

[@natalyar.1271]

@@AgentsofSpeech you apparently missed my point. Language acquisition as the capacity to produce a word requires also understanding that an item is what you are telling him it is. And if there are different versions of the same item then logically it affects the process

[@natalyar.1271]

@@AgentsofSpeech I started speaking at 3 with phrases and sentences. Apparently, the language acquisition process was going on on the inside and was sufficient for me to start reproducing several words or more at the same time in one moment. You are arrogant and cocky.

[@laidida]

I see what you're saying, but that's assuming that a child learns one thing at a time. Like 1 dimensional learning/how we are taught to learn. Realistically, most children who do not have a speech and language delay have a learning curve that is exponentially faster than an adult. The speed at which they develop motor skills and language is very very fast. The best example is that a child's brain can process at the speed of 4+ computers while on average an adult processes at 1 computer. So a child who learns 2 works for 1 thing will just know this banana has two words for it and they know those are two seperate language. It's acquired at once. Not one after eachother because their brains process and learn faster. They're blank slates not limited by the "box" in which we've given to ourselves to learn. They absorb and learn in a way that we can't get back to as adults.

[@hamzaabdelrashid8208]

@@natalyar.1271I agree. Same as what happened to my son who has been exposed to 4 different languages during the first 2 yrs of his life. His speech therapist said that his silence must have been due to language confusion.

[@pr1hitter3668]

Thank you