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Language Therapy with Dr. K: Speak English. You’re confusing the child!
Unpacking Armenian Studies
English - August 07, 2020 07:00 - 49 minutes - 57 MB - ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsArts News ngo ngos usc academia academics armenia armenians armenianstudies california dornsife Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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What kinds of language policies do multilingual families enact when the language or languages in the home are not the same as the dominant language outside the home? What if each parent speaks a different language? What types of reactions and attitudes do families have to deal with when they set specific family strategies for language transmission? Dr. K is joined by Los Angeles Times journalist, Esmeralda Bermudez, in a deep conversation about language, identity, immigration, heritage, and the parenting choices she and her Armenian husband make in their multilingual family.
Read Bermudez's piece on raising a multilingual daughter here: https://lat.ms/31lXw4M.
For more, visit armenian.usc.edu.