Comments on: Who Is A Native Speaker And Does It Matter?

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By: Olga @The EuropeanMamaBlog

Olga @The EuropeanMamaBlog — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:50:37 +0000

Great post and I often wondered about the same thing. And what to do when your family is multilingual as well? My mother speaks English as well as Polish and can communicate in both languages in all situations. She also speaks German, French and some Dutch and some Italian. So, are all of these my mother tonuges, or am I a native speaker of all of these languages? My father speaks French as well as Polish, and can also use both languages in all situations. He also speaks German, English and some Spanish. I speak Polish and German at pretty much the same level, am fluent in English, and I can use all of these languages in all situations. So, maybe instead of speaking of native languages (a term which often assumes that there is only one, just like mother tongue), we could speak of family languages? That way, our family languages would be Polish, German, English and Dutch.Also, in families, siblings often speak different languages, and are differetently strong in differetn skills (some prefer one language for speaking, while the other prefers to read and write in this language).Sounds better than having to explain that I am bilingual (as if it was something bad), it would include all the languages spoken in a family and also include all the siblings who by definiteion would ahve different native languges.

By: lucy

lucy — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:09:04 +0000

I moved to Puerto Rico with a good foundation in the Spanish language thanks to mom and dad who wanted us to be bilingual. I am a new mom and I speak both English and Spanish to my daughter. Since we live in Puerto Rico the probability of someone speaking English to her is going to be slim but that is what I am there for. Thanks for writing this post. Most people around me think that if we speak both languages our daughter will get confused. Of course these are the same people that only speak one language.

By: edna@solocontestas

edna@solocontestas — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:05:48 +0000

This is another excellent post to support teaching our kids a second, third language. Until I started reading some of the parents’ experiences here on this blog, I thought I was the only person married to a non Spanish speaker who was trying to teach Spanish to their kids.

The posts here really raise awareness in addition to lending support to bilingual parents. And , I’m posting this one on FB.

By: Sandy Ezzell

Sandy Ezzell — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:54:16 +0000

Great post Susan!