What is the critical period hypothesis? Do you recall the story of the young girl, Genie? She was the young girl who was found held captive until she was about thirteen years old. She was not exposed to language regularly and did not have much of any language capabilities. This was a great but […]
There are many myths about bilingualism which mostly center around the topic of confusion. Here are some common questions: Will learning two languages confuse my child? Will my child have speech or language delays if he/she learns a second language? Will bilingualism interfere with learning? There are many more related questions, but I think these […]
Thank you for visiting my blog! In my first post, I will only introduce what bilingualism is and why it’s important. Growing up, I remember hearing that learning English first was a priority because learning a second language will only confuse children. I grew up learning and using two languages, Farsi and English, and did […]