Bilingual Development

Why Should We Teach Our Children Minority Languages?: 3

        Parents need to be aware that: bringing up a bilingual child will affect the rest of their lives and the lives of their offspring. Many people don’t realise that being bi -or monolingual – will ultimately affect several areas of their lives; including their identity, marriage, where they live, travel, ways of thinking, their... [Read more of this review]

What is Happening to Minority Languages?: 2

  Our identities are comprised of many facets; and for ethnic minority peoples our identity is closely related to our geographical homeland and ancestry.  The history of our nation, our language, religion and rituals have an irreplaceable place in our lives. As British Asians our lives are inextricably related to various areas that we often... [Read more of this review]

Bringing Up Bilingual Children:1

Introduction I feel I am very lucky. I grew up fluent in Punjabi and Hindi and even learnt to read and write these languages. Although I am slow in translation – I would consider myself a fluent speaker. After having my son I have become acutely aware of how much my son is acquiring these languages and his ongoing development in them.   I hope... [Read more of this review]

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