It is easy to say “all the time” but how much is “all the time” really?
We calculate your child’s weekly average exposure to your language based on one day of your life.
Within seconds you will have an idea about the impact of your efforts. Of course it is not all about quantity, and results will vary greatly depending on how strict you are with yourself. But, if you want to improve, you need to start measuring - and this is precisely what the Time Tracker does.
We invite you to run through it multiple times and observe: what is your range? How much difference does your weekend make when compared to your average weekday? And are your holidays really that significant For your language balances?
How it works
There are 24 hours in a day and you will see 24 blocks. Click on a block for every hour your child was exposed to your language e.g. yesterday. If it wasn’t exactly one hour add the times in your head and chose their nearest approximation. When ready hit “calculate” to see your result. It will be displayed as your child’s weekly exposure to your language, meaning if every day was the same, this is how much they would hear of your language each week.
What you will be shown as a result will vary greatly depending on how you decide to measure things: do you count language-exclusive times only? Or do you count times other languages are spoken in parallel? Feel free to compare both and run multiple calculations. For example, you could take a look at the difference between your weekdays and weekends, holidays versus home times, or one language compared to another.
No matter the outcome, we challenge you to try for 1% more
There is no right nor wrong number. All this will depend on your circumstances and goals. But no matter where you are, you can try for 1% more. And here is a piece of good news for the parents who currently reach single digits and may feel frustrated about it: you can boost your child’s exposure levels to your language the fastest!
there is no magic number to predict a particular outcome but, as a rule of thumb, we think that if you expect your child to reach a similar level in their languages you should at least provide equal opportunities to those languages. How can you make that happen? Is the subject of one of our online courses. Join us to find out more.
