Ｇ‘ｄａｙ　mate!! ～バイリンガル育児奮闘記～

オーストラリア人の父親、日本人の母親、その間に生まれた子供達。普通に生活していれば、自然にバイリンガルになると思ってた。話せるようになる頃には自然に英語と日本語操れるようになると思ってた。実際は、そんなに甘くはなかった。生後９ヶ月から通園した、保育園。３歳から通園中の幼稚園。全て、日本語の生活。ネイティブスピーカーの父親は生まれた時から、英語オンリーで話しかけているのに。４歳の長男が話すのは、関西弁なまりの日本語。父親の英語の話しかけに、すべて日本語で答える長男。（聞き取りはできるらしい。。。）なんとかせねば！！！！！！ An Australian father. A Japanese mother. And children were born. We thought that by simply through everyday life, our children would naturally become bilingual. We thought that when they started speaking, they would naturally have a good command of English and Japanese. But in reality, that's not the case. From nine months old, they went to the nearby parks. Then off to childcare. From three years old, the older son went to the neigbourhood kindergarten. Their lifestyle is entirely in Japanese, even though their father speaks to them only in English from when they were born. The four-year-old son speaks Japanese with a Kansai accent. When his dad speaks English to him, he always replies in Japanese (even though he seems to understand....) What can we do??!!!