It is easy to say “speak my language” but what does it actually mean?
We compare your expectations to your input to spot gaps in your system and help you balance it.
Is it important to you that your child recognises your language? That they understand your language? Speak your language? Or master your language? We ask because every step requires a different form of commitment.
To Recognise a language you need exposure. TO understand your language you need communication. TO speak your language you need interaction. And to master your language you need education. We came up with this concept and call it anchor house.
Our anchor house visualises your efforts and shows you what you need to do to move ahead.
When you say “I want my child to speak my language” what do you envision? Are you thinking with or without an accent? At two years of age or 24? Better than your partner’s language? Better than the community’s language? The same? Don’t mind? This small part of your equation shows just how much variation exists. If you would like to avoid feeling overwhelmed you will need to take a decision. What will you focus on today?
To get there we visualise your current efforts and weigh them against your goals in a visual structure which makes your gaps apparent (literally). We work through them step by step and figure out ways of either addressing or accepting them. At the end you will know what you need to do to successfully raise multilingual children.
The parents who successfully raise multilingual children have a clear vision of what it takes to reach their goal.
