Today I stopped by a classroom to talk to a teacher about one of our students. As I entered the room, she was looking at an upcoming professional development schedule on her computer and shaking her head. “This is all good”, she said. “But I could really use some information on strategies for reaching English learners.…
“I’m an Italian”, “I’m Irish”, “I’m part Lebanese, part French” – these are all phrases you can hear in just your regular conversation in America. Everyone identifies with a certain culture but when you ask “Do you speak Italian/Irish/Arabic/French?” the answer is quite often “no”. I’ve been thinking about it for quite some time now…
Raising a bilingual child is easy, really. Just speak the language you want the kid to learn and you will be all set. Or will you? I have three children. We live in the United States, but my first language is Lithuanian. All of my children speak some Lithuanian. The oldest one has mastered the…