Episode 10
Foreign Languages in our
Multicultural Homes Part 1

Welcome Friend!

Is foreign language a part of your child’s curriculum? 

We hope so, but, if not, take heart, friend! Teaching our children a foreign language that we might not know can feel discouraging. We hope that through our discussions on how foreign language study occurs in our multicultural homes, you would find encouragement, practical help, and resources, to make the study of foreign languages a delight in your home.

In Part 1, Simone and Mariana share how they teach their children their native language of Portuguese as a foreign language.

Thank you for joining us!

For the King and His kids,

Erika, Min, Simone, Mariana

 

Quotes & Notes

“That children should learn French orally, by listening to and repeating French words and phrases.” ~Charlotte Mason (v. 1, p. 80)

“[Languages] should be acquired as English is, not as a grammar, but as a living speech.” ~Charlotte Mason (v. 1, p. 300)

“The French lesson may, however, be made to fit in with the spirit of the other out-of-door occupations; the half-dozen words may be the parts—leaves, branches, bark, trunk of a tree, or the colours of the flowers, or the movements of bird,
cloud, lamb, child; in fact, the new French words should be but another form of expression for the ideas
that for the time fill the child’s mind.” ~Charlotte Mason (v. 1, p. 81)

“It is not their first language.  We have to be more intentional in bringing [foreign language] to not only their lessons, but also to their everyday lives…surround the family with that language you’re trying to learn… and if it’s not your primary language… it’s going to be fun for you to learn together…they will see we are all learning together.” ~Simone Moradi

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Hwang

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Mariana Mastracchio

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Moradi

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Alicea

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