6 Ways to Encourage Language Learning in Your Home 1) Movies/TV Shows There are several things you can start doing now that will foster language learning and cultural appreciation. Don’t wait until they get to high school. However, if you want your children to learn another language, now is the time to start teaching them. There are many theories on how and why this works, but I don’t have time to go into all of them. Their brains can soak up new concepts much faster than those of adults. When it comes to language learning, younger children are sponges.
In addition, if we want our children to be globally competent, competitive citizens, learning another language is paramount. Through immigration and technology, the world is at our doorstep.Ĭhances are you have a neighbor who speaks another language, you work with someone from another country, or you hear other languages as you run errands throughout the day. Whether you travel or not, the world is becoming a smaller place. While the joke is increasingly untrue, there is still a gap with language learning in the U.S. I do think over the last decade that this is changing. Many schools are starting language learning earlier, and bilingual schools have successfully popped up all over the country. Though these numbers may not be completely accurate 3, we cannot deny the importance of language learning for the interconnected world in which we live.
There is an old joke that asks, what do you call someone who speaks:Īs a Spanish teacher, I find this joke bothersome since only about 25% of Americans 1 speak another language compared to over 50% of Europeans 2. Whether you homeschool and are looking to add language learning to your school day or are interested in augmenting the language learning your children are already experiencing in their schools, I hope you will appreciate these 6 ways to encourage language learning in your home!īy Will Odom, Contributing Writer (and Erin’s hubby!) Will is actually a high school Spanish teacher, so he knows what he’s talking about when it comes to language learning! It’s one reason we took our girls to Costa Rica for 5 weeks this past summer! But as Wilson and his gang flee the scene, there's one very important detail they've overlooked: Cooper is still alive! Out for justiceand vengeanceCooper takes on the job of deputy marshal.and, one by one, tracks down the nine men who "done him wrong.From Erin: Because Will and I both speak Spanish and have a huge heart for other cultures, language learning is very important to us. Jed Cooper (Eastwood), mistaken for a rustler and killer, is lynched on the spot by crooked lawman Captain Wilson (Ed Begley) and a rampaging band of vigilantes. In his first American-made western, Clint Eastwood indelibly carves his niche as the quintessential tough guycool-headed, iron-willed and unrelenting in his pursuit of revenge.
But they made two fatal mistakes: they hanged the wrong man.and they didn't finish the job.
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