If I tell you I am bilingual, what will you think? Probably that I understand two languages, speak those languages with no accent, and read & write in those two languages fluently. That's rarely the case......... You see I gained that kind of high fluency from learning both languages in my early childhood when I was exposed to communities speaking both languages. The reality is that this … [Read more...]

Bilingualism and biculturalism are related, but they are not the same thing. Some people assume that if you raise a child to be bilingual, that child will automatically have access to another culture. While it helps, it's not quite that easy -- bilingualism is more of a door into biculturalism. First, the definitions: Bilingualism is the ability to communicate in two languages. It generally … [Read more...]