Understanding Mixed Heritage Identity Third culture kid, Cross culture kid, second generation immigrant, ‘person with migrant heritage’, mixed race, mixed heritage, half-half, the dash…. What’s in a name? Why this desire to describe others in fixed categories? Why do we need to “fit in boxes’? I hate ticking boxes. Recently I came upon this wonderfulContinue reading “What’s in a name?”
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Raising multilingual kids: tips and strategies explored
Are you raising multilingual kids? Great, I’d love to hear about your approach.Which strategy do you follow? One-parent-one-language (OPOL): each parent only speaks their 1st language to the kids Minority-language-at-home: at home with the kids the parents only speak their 1st (heritage) language, the local language is learned at school Plurilingualism: parents use different languagesContinue reading “Raising multilingual kids: tips and strategies explored”
