How I Learned Vietnamese and Raised Bilingual Kids | Evolve Podcast
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How I learned Vietnamese and raised bilingual kids in the US —
Audrey's full story from Maine to a Vietnamese-speaking household.
Audrey grew up in Maine, one of the least diverse states in the US,
speaking only English. Sixteen years later, she's fluent in Vietnamese,
married into a Vietnamese family, and raising two bilingual kids who
speak it at home. In this episode, she walks through the full journey:
a childhood spark with Quebecois French, falling for Mandarin in
college, then learning Vietnamese from scratch because her in-laws
don't speak English, and how that turned into raising her own kids
bilingual, so they can talk to their grandparents in Vietnam.
We talk about:
Learning Vietnamese as an adult with no prior connection to the language
Why she dropped French and fell into Mandarin instead
Learning an entire language for her in-laws
What it actually takes to raise bilingual kids in the US
The difference between learning a language and learning a culture
Her upcoming free ebook on language + culture (sign-up link below)
🔗 Sign up for Audrey's ebook: https://forms.gle/wk6S3CqETbhGJgJW8
📺 Audrey's YouTube channel: @AudreyNguyenVlogs
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#learnvietnamese #bilingual #bilingualparenting
0:00 Language journey origins
2:52 Studying Mandarin in Beijing
7:25 Learning through mistakes
11:27 The Vietnamese language
17:05 Mastering tones and sounds
22:15 Language connections
26:24 Bilingual family life
33:46 Resources for kids
37:26 Community and diversity
42:33 Adapting to new cultures
47:25 Book project and conclusion
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I thought she that she lives in Vietnam but she learned Vietnamese living in the U.S. She's such an intelligent young lady and should teach others as well. She is pretty fluent.
Tiếng việt là ngôn ngữ khi ai đó học và nói được cũng rèn được con người bên trong họ trở nên tốt hơn phiên bản của chính họ
How I Learned Vietnamese and Raised Bilingual Kids | Evolve Podcast
Evolve HQ
69,851 views
How I learned Vietnamese and raised bilingual kids in the US —
Audrey's full story from Maine to a Vietnamese-speaking household.
Audrey grew up in Maine, one of the least diverse states in the US,
speaking only English. Sixteen years later, she's fluent in Vietnamese,
married into a Vietnamese family, and raising two bilingual kids who
speak it at home. In this episode, she walks through the full journey:
a childhood spark with Quebecois French, falling for Mandarin in
college, then learning Vietnamese from scratch because her in-laws
don't speak English, and how that turned into raising her own kids
bilingual, so they can talk to their grandparents in Vietnam.
We talk about:
Learning Vietnamese as an adult with no prior connection to the language
Why she dropped French and fell into Mandarin instead
Learning an entire language for her in-laws
What it actually takes to raise bilingual kids in the US
The difference between learning a language and learning a culture
Her upcoming free ebook on language + culture (sign-up link below)
🔗 Sign up for Audrey's ebook: https://forms.gle/wk6S3CqETbhGJgJW8
📺 Audrey's YouTube channel: @AudreyNguyenVlogs
Follow Evolve:
Instagram: Instagram: evolve_hq_podcast
TikTok: TikTok: evolve_hq
If you enjoyed this conversation, subscribe to Evolve for more stories
like this one, and let us know in the comments if you have questions
for Audrey, or if you're raising (or were raised) bilingual yourself.
#learnvietnamese #bilingual #bilingualparenting
0:00 Language journey origins
2:52 Studying Mandarin in Beijing
7:25 Learning through mistakes
11:27 The Vietnamese language
17:05 Mastering tones and sounds
22:15 Language connections
26:24 Bilingual family life
33:46 Resources for kids
37:26 Community and diversity
42:33 Adapting to new cultures
47:25 Book project and conclusion