Speech Therapy for children with ESL nannies

[Anonymous]

http://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/bilingualchildren/

There. Drop it please poster who keeps falsely insinuating that hiring a non-native English speaking nanny will cause speech problems in children. It's just not true.

[Anonymous]

Thank you!! I'm so tired of that poster's comments. My DS1 who had a native English speaking nanny ended up needing speech therapy but my DS2 who has a non-native English speaking nanny is WAY ahead of the curve on speech and clearly has no speech issues.

[Anonymous]

While I don't agree with the way that poster words her hypothesis, I think she has a point.

Example: Little Sally has a nanny who speaks mostly Spanish, but a little broken English. Adults cannot understand Sally's nanny when the nanny speaks English -- the accent is too thick and the English is too broken. Nanny speaks mostly in broken English to Sally, with a little Spanish mixed in.
In this case, I can see how it could definitely contribute to Sally having speech therapy down the road.

This is NOT the same situation as you linked to OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:While I don't agree with the way that poster words her hypothesis, I think she has a point.

Example: Little Sally has a nanny who speaks mostly Spanish, but a little broken English. Adults cannot understand Sally's nanny when the nanny speaks English -- the accent is too thick and the English is too broken. Nanny speaks mostly in broken English to Sally, with a little Spanish mixed in.
In this case, I can see how it could definitely contribute to Sally having speech therapy down the road.

This is NOT the same situation as you linked to OP.

In this case, "little Sally's" problem not of having a nanny who does not speak English, it is having parents who are so absent that her primary source of language acquisition is from her nanny.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While I don't agree with the way that poster words her hypothesis, I think she has a point.

Example: Little Sally has a nanny who speaks mostly Spanish, but a little broken English. Adults cannot understand Sally's nanny when the nanny speaks English -- the accent is too thick and the English is too broken. Nanny speaks mostly in broken English to Sally, with a little Spanish mixed in.
In this case, I can see how it could definitely contribute to Sally having speech therapy down the road.

This is NOT the same situation as you linked to OP.

In this case, "little Sally's" problem not of having a nanny who does not speak English, it is having parents who are so absent that her primary source of language acquisition is from her nanny.

It is ok if the child primarily gets spanish. If the child is acquiring language then that is not a delay. It may not be your preferred language but language is language.

[Anonymous]

As a former preschool teacher, there were several children who had foreign speaking nannies. Not a single one of those children had speech issues.

I, on the other hand, grew up in the heartland of America where we only spoke English and I was in speech therapy on and off for many years. Only one other sibling required it, the rest were fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While I don't agree with the way that poster words her hypothesis, I think she has a point.

Example: Little Sally has a nanny who speaks mostly Spanish, but a little broken English. Adults cannot understand Sally's nanny when the nanny speaks English -- the accent is too thick and the English is too broken. Nanny speaks mostly in broken English to Sally, with a little Spanish mixed in.
In this case, I can see how it could definitely contribute to Sally having speech therapy down the road.

This is NOT the same situation as you linked to OP.

In this case, "little Sally's" problem not of having a nanny who does not speak English, it is having parents who are so absent that her primary source of language acquisition is from her nanny.

If she's small, most of her waking hours will be with nanny. That's the way it is with full time working parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While I don't agree with the way that poster words her hypothesis, I think she has a point.

Example: Little Sally has a nanny who speaks mostly Spanish, but a little broken English. Adults cannot understand Sally's nanny when the nanny speaks English -- the accent is too thick and the English is too broken. Nanny speaks mostly in broken English to Sally, with a little Spanish mixed in.
In this case, I can see how it could definitely contribute to Sally having speech therapy down the road.

This is NOT the same situation as you linked to OP.

In this case, "little Sally's" problem not of having a nanny who does not speak English, it is having parents who are so absent that her primary source of language acquisition is from her nanny.

It is ok if the child primarily gets spanish. If the child is acquiring language then that is not a delay. It may not be your preferred language but language is language.

That's not what I was saying though. I was saying that -- in the example I gave -- the nanny primarily speaks broken English to the child. I was actually describing a real situation that I witnessed first hand.

[Anonymous]

Raised by my grandmother who spoke spanish and broken english to me everyday. She had a difficult time learning english and got many words confused. Guess What? All her five children spoke prefect english and spanish. They were never in daycare or had a nanny because they were poor immigrants. They also never had any special services to help them, like speech therapy.

I am bilingual with no speech delays or accent. I also never went to daycare or preschool but rather spent my days with my wonderful grandmother who to this day still gets she and he confused.

Anyone, who says having a bilingual caretaker will cause speech delays is extremely ignorant and could benefit from taking a course in language acquisition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Raised by my grandmother who spoke spanish and broken english to me everyday. She had a difficult time learning english and got many words confused. Guess What? All her five children spoke prefect english and spanish. They were never in daycare or had a nanny because they were poor immigrants. They also never had any special services to help them, like speech therapy.

I am bilingual with no speech delays or accent. I also never went to daycare or preschool but rather spent my days with my wonderful grandmother who to this day still gets she and he confused.

Anyone, who says having a bilingual caretaker will cause speech delays is extremely ignorant and could benefit from taking a course in language acquisition.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Raised by my grandmother who spoke spanish and broken english to me everyday. She had a difficult time learning english and got many words confused. Guess What? All her five children spoke prefect english and spanish. They were never in daycare or had a nanny because they were poor immigrants. They also never had any special services to help them, like speech therapy.

I am bilingual with no speech delays or accent. I also never went to daycare or preschool but rather spent my days with my wonderful grandmother who to this day still gets she and he confused.

Anyone, who says having a bilingual caretaker will cause speech delays is extremely ignorant and could benefit from taking a course in language acquisition.

+1,000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/bilingualchildren/

There. Drop it please poster who keeps falsely insinuating that hiring a non-native English speaking nanny will cause speech problems in children. It's just not true.

What exactly are you referring to, OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/bilingualchildren/

There. Drop it please poster who keeps falsely insinuating that hiring a non-native English speaking nanny will cause speech problems in children. It's just not true.

What exactly are you referring to, OP?

I am not the OP, but I do believe they are referring to the person who constantly writes on these boards that hiring a non-native English speaking nanny will cause speech problems in children. There is nothing to support this poster, but they continue to post that garbage any opportunity they get.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Raised by my grandmother who spoke spanish and broken english to me everyday. She had a difficult time learning english and got many words confused. Guess What? All her five children spoke prefect english and spanish. They were never in daycare or had a nanny because they were poor immigrants. They also never had any special services to help them, like speech therapy.

I am bilingual with no speech delays or accent. I also never went to daycare or preschool but rather spent my days with my wonderful grandmother who to this day still gets she and he confused.

Anyone, who says having a bilingual caretaker will cause speech delays is extremely ignorant and could benefit from taking a course in language acquisition.

You're basing your opinion on you experience, as am I. I'm NOT the poster that constantly says a bilingual caretaker will cause speech delays, but I am the PP that gave the example of "Sally."