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Saving a Language
26
Apr

Saving a Language

By admin commentsCherokee, Cardinal bird, Totsuwa, coming of age, the Change, going to water, story, Folktale, legend, customs, mythology, bear, spider, help, friends, growing, learning, understanding, acceptance, self-love, heritage, sacred, Lake Atagahi, Kituwah, Clingman's Dome, Red Clay, Virginia Hamby, Christy Kate Bennett, Cherokee Nation

2019 was the International Year of Indigenous Languages. That didn’t escape us. We work, breathe, and dream language.

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The benefits of bilingual books - six pertinent questions (and answers)
20
Jun

The benefits of bilingual books - six pertinent questions (and answers)

By admin commentsbilingual, books, multilingual, side-by-side, parallel_text, early_years, bedtime_story, bedtime, story, storytelling, oracy, literacy, language, languages

To be brought up bilingual is a rare gift, but like most gifts in life, it isn’t always plain sailing. And when it comes to reading, it’s double the trouble, and double the fun, but also, sometimes, double the work.
You may find that your bilingual child or pupil has a preference for one language over the other; you may find that they often mix the two. You may find that the learner speaks one language with one caregiver, and a different language with another.

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