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I dont want to grow up song irish3/27/2023 ![]() ![]() It is no fault of yours if they speak English to you early on. Your child will understand EnglishĮven if you speak nothing but Irish to your child, they will be surrounded by English. ![]() If they mix languages within sentences early on (and this is very common), children tend to grow out of this as they learn to distinguish between the two (or three!) languages. Grown-ups tend to think about it too much! Children can soak up words, phrases, structures, and sounds without really thinking about it. Children are better equipped to deal with multiple languages than grown-ups. They will not be confused if there are multiple languages used consistently in the household. Children take in languages in a very different way to how adults learn languages. The notion of ‘confusion’ is a major concern for some parents or guardians thinking about speaking Irish to their children. So, what's the story, if you want to raise your kids with Irish? Your child will not be confused I also spoke to one of the ‘children’, Saorlaith, who is now a grown-up and who was raised with Irish (by parents who were not native speakers). These are Sadhbh, Tarsila, and Aaron and Gearóidín. I also spoke to some parents and guardians (who weren't raised with Irish) but who are currently raising their kids with Irish or who are Gaeilge-positive. I've gathered some useful information here, based on those chats. A lot of parents and guardians come to us in An Siopa Leabhar with questions – about books, initially, and then often for a chat about how they're getting on with speaking Irish in the home. In my experience, if you’ve done Irish in school, particularly in secondary school to any level, you might have more Irish than you realise.īooks can help! They can offer support, give you stories, words, and sounds to share with your family. ![]() We are excellent in this country at putting ourselves down, at deflecting compliments and refusing to be confident. Or people think they don’t have ‘enough’ Irish because they haven’t reached the right level of perfection yet. I’ve met a lot of people who have told me they have ‘no Irish’ but, with a bit of encouragement, they are actually well able to hold a conversation (even if that’s very simple). You don’t need to have fluent Irish to be able to use it with your child. You are allowed to! Now, with that out of the way, let's talk about it. If you weren't raised with Irish yourself, you can still give the gift of Irish to your child. ![]()
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