So what I wanted to say was that, even if you feel like you’re at zero, don’t beat yourself up!
You are doing the best you can with your kids, whatever amount of language they are taking on board, they are still taking it on board.
So even if you know they can say ‘Hello’ ‘Goodbye’ in your heritage language, that is still better than nothing. So pat yourself on the back and say job well done. At least it’s something and know that you know, if you want to you can work towards there being more language as part of their lives as they continue to grow up and show an interest in your heritage language as well.
If you’re thinking about taking that next step, and helping your kids with some digital resources for learning your heritage language, you might want to check out the free resource pack that I’ve put together.
It’s about eight pages long, and I’ve packed it full of YouTube channels, apps, programmes, anything that’s a digital resource and that is aimed at kids, that is really handy for language learning, many of them are free as well.
And I’ve included some of the language specific ones as well for Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, French, and German.
So you can download that resource for free HERE!
But what I really wanted to also ask was, when you’re thinking about, you know, your heritage language and what it means to you and what it means to your family as a whole. What kind of feelings does that bring up?
Are you anxious that you’re not passing on enough? Or are you content that you know, your kids are taking you on board enough of the language and culture? Or is it something that is just not part of your life at all and maybe one day it will be and maybe one day it won’t be in? And you’re totally cool with that?
I would love to know! So if you have any thoughts or anything you’d like to share with us, please pop it in the comments.
I love hearing from you!
And I wish you a wonderful language filled day!
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