Posted by
viccilau
17 yrs ago
Hi, I am looking for a private native English speaking tutor for my 10 months old. Just want a native English speaker to play with my 10 months old twice a week or so. Any recommendation of good tutor please? Thanks.
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I'll agree with cara (no it's not a conspiracy, we do agree a lot) and even go further. At 10 months a tutor is a waste of money. Small children learn without the need for formality. They just absorb. A playgroup or such is just fine. Heck, our older daughter learned English from our helper in 6-8 weeks just through daily interaction.
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thanks a lot guys for your advice, I do understand the good things about playgroups, but at the same time I do have other practical considerations. I am a working mom, though I work from home twice a week. My helper plays and looks after my kid while I am at work, but I just don't quite want my baby to pick up my helper's accent (nor mine), hence I want him to be exposed to more native English. I can't really bring him to a playgroup on weekdays, cause I am not comfortable for my helper to bring him out yet... so with all these considerations, I just want to have a private native Eng tutor to come to our place to play with my baby for an hour or so while I work from home. Being a working mom is just not easy... there are so many things that you wanna do with your baby, but just can't do...
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cd
17 yrs ago
So rather than a proper tutor, why don't you get an English speaking teenager, to come in and just play with him. I'm sure theres lots of kids out there that would like to supplement their pocket money. I know when my oldest was about 16 I was actually looking for something like this for her.
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Cara's right- I used to tutor a Japanese girl once a week and she went to an international school, but she had a Phil. accent because of the 2 helpers at home. My own daughter sounds 90% British but just spent 3 weeks in the USA and at the end a friend said she'd lost her "cute accent". If you're not comfortable with your helper taking him out yet, when will you be? Better to get in the habit now before he walks/runs!
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