Hi Lesly! I loved your interview with Catherine, you two have such a great dynamic. I enjoyed hearing Catherine speak about her experiences and how she learned English. She mentions that she is fully aware that a younger child picks up a second language much faster and easier than adult and that is definitely true. I, also, agree with Catherine and yourself, that she was able to pick up on English easily because she began learning it at an early age both in a naturalistic and formal instructed setting and well within her critical period for optimal second language acquisition (Ortega, 2013, pg. 6), when she began first grade in the United States. Her knowledge on acquiring a second language has allowed her to appreciate and value her mother-tongue as well as gather admiration for other languages as well, and that is something that I really enjoyed about watching your interview with Catherine.
Jessica, she does mention that in her interview. I love how my friend knew that before hand and she definitely knew that from her own experience. Gass and Selinker define Catherine as an early bilingual, which helped Catherine in becoming comfortable in her L2. (Gass and Selinker, 2008, p.27) She still speaks French with her 8 month old daughter. So I believe that her daughter will also have the ability to pick up on both English and French very quickly.
Hi Lesley, after reading your response I had to reply! I love hearing that Catherine is actively exposing her daughter to the French language. It sounds like Catherine’s daughter will learn French in a naturalistic approach, by observing and listening to the language around her (Ortega, 2013, p. 6). I have a nephew who, unfortunately, was not exposed to Spanish and now has a lot of trouble communicating with my parents since they speak mostly Spanish, so it is nice to hear that Catherine is passionate about her L1 enough to pass it on to her daughter.
Hi Lesley! I really enjoyed watching your interview with your friend Catherine. I was surprised to see how she knew that there was a critical period during which children learn languages. As Ortega states, "there is a specific period of time early in life when the brain exhibits a special propensity to attend to certain experiences in the environment (for example, language) and learn from them" (2013, p 13). Which is why I think it is great that Catherine and her family are speaking French around her daughter because they know that this is when she will most benefit from hearing that second language.
Hi Lesly! I loved your interview with Catherine, you two have such a great dynamic. I enjoyed hearing Catherine speak about her experiences and how she learned English. She mentions that she is fully aware that a younger child picks up a second language much faster and easier than adult and that is definitely true. I, also, agree with Catherine and yourself, that she was able to pick up on English easily because she began learning it at an early age both in a naturalistic and formal instructed setting and well within her critical period for optimal second language acquisition (Ortega, 2013, pg. 6), when she began first grade in the United States. Her knowledge on acquiring a second language has allowed her to appreciate and value her mother-tongue as well as gather admiration for other languages as well, and that is something that I really enjoyed about watching your interview with Catherine.
ReplyDeleteJessica, she does mention that in her interview. I love how my friend knew that before hand and she definitely knew that from her own experience. Gass and Selinker define Catherine as an early bilingual, which helped Catherine in becoming comfortable in her L2. (Gass and Selinker, 2008, p.27) She still speaks French with her 8 month old daughter. So I believe that her daughter will also have the ability to pick up on both English and French very quickly.
DeleteHi Lesley, after reading your response I had to reply! I love hearing that Catherine is actively exposing her daughter to the French language. It sounds like Catherine’s daughter will learn French in a naturalistic approach, by observing and listening to the language around her (Ortega, 2013, p. 6). I have a nephew who, unfortunately, was not exposed to Spanish and now has a lot of trouble communicating with my parents since they speak mostly Spanish, so it is nice to hear that Catherine is passionate about her L1 enough to pass it on to her daughter.
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ReplyDeleteHi Lesley! I really enjoyed watching your interview with your friend Catherine. I was surprised to see how she knew that there was a critical period during which children learn languages. As Ortega states, "there is a specific period of time early in life when the brain exhibits a special propensity to attend to certain experiences in the environment (for example, language) and learn from them" (2013, p 13). Which is why I think it is great that Catherine and her family are speaking French around her daughter because they know that this is when she will most benefit from hearing that second language.
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