SPEAKING the language

Being bilingual has many advantages in life and it’s great when children of non-English speaking ethnicities in the UK can speak their mother tongue as well as English.

We’ll speak to her in Chinese at home and probably a little English unless she needs help with homework or something.Kira English

But just how do some parents go about teaching their children Chinese and English? Nee Hao asked a few mums, both British Chinese and those from the mainland, what their experiences have been like doing so and what tips they had for other mothers.

Read how parents go about teaching their children Chinese and English with Nee Hao