How to maintain your child’s heritage language during the school years
Parents of heritage language speaking children are usually concerned about the children’s double language load
Parents of heritage language speaking children are usually concerned about the children’s double language load
Parenting is undoubtedly demanding and finding appropriate supports when multilingual parents need them can be difficult.
How can you as a parent make sure that your child understands how important language and culture is to your family?
It is no secret that books are an excellent language-learning resource for all ages. They take us away into a new world different from our own reality.
Toddlers require social interaction, smiling, chatting etc. things that can only be provided by humans.
Toddlers require social interaction, smiling, chatting etc. things that can only be provided by humans. During this early stage, the best language resource is a responsive adult who takes care of the child’s communicative needs.
In families where both parents speak the same language, and that is different from the language of the society or the dominant language, parents might naturally use their language when speaking to each other and to their children.
Toddlers and babies require social interaction, smiling, chatting etc. things that can only be provided by humans. During this early stage, the best language resource is a responsive adult who takes care of the child’s communicative needs.
If you are a parent who is trying to keep up a language in a context where very few people support you, being consistent with your approach and your language choices can be hard.
Parents often feel overwhelmed and inadequate when it comes to raising children in general, but the added stress of being the only person trying to pass on a language can make parents feel like they are not good enough, especially if the child tends to respond in the majority language.