Worldviews of Bilingual Children Before I go back to talking about plans and strategies, I’d like to talk about one of the best side-effects of raising bilingual kids: they quickly become global citizens with an appreciation for, and understanding of, different ways of seeing th

The pleasures and frustrations of learning a new language From fully-functioning adult Speaking my mother tongue all day and being understood is a privilege. Whether I go to the library, the bike shop, the café, or the office, I carry all the necessary vocabulary and grammar and all t

Staying Excited About Language Learning I look at formal classroom learning as the training wheel stage. There comes a point at which those wheels are taken off and you make your wobbly way down the street by yourself. It’s been five years since I sat in a Chinese classroom, and two y