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In today's video we cover:
What passive bilingualism is and a better term for it
The two situations: did your child ever speak the language, or have they always been the listener?
The three blockers that keep a language dormant: exposure, need, and patterns
Four diagnostic questions to help you get a clear picture of your child's specific situation
After watching the video, take 10 minutes to write down your answers to the four diagnostic questions:
Is this Situation 1 (they spoke it and stopped) or Situation 2 (always been the listener)?
Which blocker resonates most: exposure, need, communication patterns, or a combination?
When does your child come closest to using the language? What's the context?
What have you tried so far to get them to use the target language more and what happened?
๐ Day 2 is LIVE!
Today's lesson is short because today is more about doing.
Iโm starting you off with a simple language tracker. For the rest of today, every time your child communicates, make note: which language did they use? Note the language, the context, who was there and any moments where the home language almost came out.
Donโt try to change anything or prompt anything you wouldnโt normal. Just watching.
๐ Today's action: Track your child's language use for the rest of the day.
Tonight or tomorrow morning, come back and tell us:
๐ What did you notice?
๐ Did anything surprise you?
๐ Any almost-moments?
๐ Is there any time of day they seem more pr less receptive to the target language?