Tag: immersive language learning

  • We did all the right things — so why isn’t she speaking our language?

    We did all the right things — so why isn’t she speaking our language?

    We spent a week surrounded by English. Grandparents, cousin, books, songs — full immersion. And yet my bilingual daughter still chose to speak German. If you have ever wondered why your bilingual child answers in the majority language, even when you are doing “everything right”, you are not alone. Here is what research really says…