Broadcaster Sayuri reveals son's packed schedule learning 6 languages at age 5

Broadcaster Sayuri has drawn attention after revealing the private tutoring schedule of her 5-year-old son, who is learning six languages.

On Wednesday, a video titled "Can you tell just by listening whether someone is a boy mom or a girl mom?! Korean, Chinese and Japanese moms talk" was uploaded to Sayuri's YouTube channel "Sayuri Immida." In the video, Sayuri met with fellow parents and discussed their children's education.

When the other parents mentioned that a Chinese parent was teaching their child Mandarin directly and a Korean parent was sending their child to a speech hagwon, Sayuri shared an update on her son Jen's tutoring schedule.

According to Sayuri, Jen is currently studying six languages in total — Korean, Japanese and English, along with Chinese, Spanish and Arabic. His weekly schedule is packed with language lessons: Arabic on Mondays, Spanish on Tuesdays, Chinese on Wednesdays, soccer on Fridays and Spanish again on Saturdays.

"Jen loves Arabic. We might think it's difficult, but he says Chinese is much harder," Sayuri said. "His Arabic teacher comes for two hours, and he asks for the teacher to come every day."

When her friends asked whether being exposed to so many languages at once left the child confused, Sayuri said, "The lessons are all play-based, so he finds them fun." She added with a laugh, "I once found Jen sitting on his Chinese teacher's lap watching TV. I have no idea what they were doing."

Sayuri gave birth to Jen in Japan in November 2020 after receiving a sperm donation, becoming a single mother by choice.