tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15580543.post5043645799238949331..comments2023-08-27T08:48:48.466+00:00Comments on MULTI TONGUE KIDS: Wishing for a family language...Clohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02889575085247948050noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15580543.post-90644935761246450482009-01-26T13:15:00.000+00:002009-01-26T13:15:00.000+00:00Hi Clo! It's interesting to read that you were thi...Hi Clo! It's interesting to read that you were thinking if the language at your home would be otherwise. <BR/><BR/>I never thought about having a more harmonious way of being together. Our family has been multilingual since forever, that's our natural being and it's our way to be in harmony.<BR/><BR/>Since our move to Munich 9 months ago, our family turns into quadralingual. Joseph (and later Louise) goes to a French school, which is bilingual French-German. Parents, teachers and pupils at school are at least bilinguals. Being part of a community who are bi/multilinguals makes us feel 'normal', especially after 4 years struggling for our multilingual identity back in Chicago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15580543.post-51907968898570675602009-01-22T08:55:00.000+00:002009-01-22T08:55:00.000+00:00Giovanni, I think in the long term we will have at...Giovanni, I think in the long term we will have at least 3 common languages, that is Italian, French and english (I am afraid I will never be decently fluent in Dutch...). But in the meantime, we need to stick to OPOL (One parent one language)and that is the price to pay. As you will read later, I met similar families who ended up with different strategies.Clohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02889575085247948050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15580543.post-39818977793460184592009-01-15T10:50:00.000+00:002009-01-15T10:50:00.000+00:00Zeno two and a half... but it was like yesterday t...Zeno two and a half... but it was like yesterday that he wasn't even born... Il tempo... E la lingua... A family language may be needed, I don't know, it raises questions about identity, the "mode" in which you express emotions, analyze, relate to each other. How important is it to have a common language? Can't you have two or three common languages? After days and days of skating I lost all languages stored in my head -- the only "language" left was that of images, senses...giovannihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13289193384614063267noreply@blogger.com