Practical tips for parents & teachers of #bilingual & #trilingual children. Passionate about #languages, linguistic diversity & life as a citizen of the world.
“The cornerstone of any culture or community is its language. Languages are where oral histories are passed down, knowledge is shared, and bonds are formed." @SecDebHaaland
Read more about interagency efforts to protect Native languages: https://t.co/VFnzqkAImA
Raising #trilingual kids, we've sadly been confronted with most of the #language learning myths listed here by Multilingual101: https://t.co/y1YijLMAJj
Curious if @TheRhondaRoss has faced the same language learning myths. Hopefully times are changing.
#multilingual#inspiration
Our kids' #language teachers were always so supportive of our #multilingual kids, but many other teachers often seemed surprisingly alarmed by the idea.
There are plenty of valid points in this video: https://t.co/cxdh0zaX1c
As an expat – and #language teacher unbeknownst to my kids' teachers, I can remember being warned of the 'dangers' of 'burdening' our kids with extra languages...
@linguafrancaven @ingles_punto @MarcaDonaPanela@CaracolTV That does sound slightly patronizing, sorry. The original tweet seemed both playful and amusing.
Clarity is the absolute priority on food packaging and ‘consume’ is the standard term. 'Consummated' would surely confuse (or amuse) 99.9% of readers.