tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209044287890093034.post2797952103167899230..comments2023-07-27T10:18:23.596+02:00Comments on Apples and manzanas: Relatives, bilingual schools and some “pearls”Danihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17108194020194860925noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209044287890093034.post-42467547031138148332012-08-28T21:01:21.849+02:002012-08-28T21:01:21.849+02:00Thank you for sharing!
Elena and Pablo are learni...Thank you for sharing!<br /><br />Elena and Pablo are learning French with me, and we live in the US. When family or friends that do not speak French are around, I always say things in French and in the language of our friends or family members.Even if what I say does not include them.<br /><br />I do want to talk to my kids in French at all times, but I also want to make sure other people do not feel left out.<br /><br />Franck<br />www.earlylanguages.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05664088349199512456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209044287890093034.post-39427369486386739972012-08-26T08:28:30.891+02:002012-08-26T08:28:30.891+02:00Interesting post! I am a native English speaker an...Interesting post! I am a native English speaker and speak the minority language at all times with my daughter...she´s only 15 months so not embarrassed yet!However, at the moment still finding it a little awkward and rude to speak the minority language in front of Spanish family & friends especially when they don´t know or speak it!Find the comments on bilingual schools very interesting and so true!!The Wandering Pithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283549344297520868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209044287890093034.post-45695144305517475482012-08-24T21:02:10.571+02:002012-08-24T21:02:10.571+02:00I now speak the community language with my kids, b...I now speak the community language with my kids, but we used the minority language for about 5 years and in that time I was absolutely militant about talking it all the time with them. It's quite a personal decision, but I felt that as a non-native speaker of the language, my kids would need all the input I could give them, so I didn't want to switch to English at any point. I just used simultaneous translation where necessary, so our relatives could understand. Omma Veladahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02569279888058635631noreply@blogger.com