How to learn the language of your parents : Life Kit : NPR
How to learn a heritage language Enlarge this image toggle caption Cha Pornea for NPR Cha Pornea for NPR Subscribe to Life Kit's weekly newsletter and get expert advice on lifestyle topics like money, relationships, health and more. Give yourself some credit for what you know – it's more than you think The shame many heritage language learners feel comes from a very real place, says Maria Carreira, co-founder of the National Heritage Language Resource Center at UCLA. Carreira says heritage language learners get push back, especially in the United States, from people who think English is the only language that should be spoken, period. Many heritage language learners are taught that multilingualism is not a path to success, only to realize, much later in life, that it's actually a considerable asset. "But then I start speaking to them and they're patient and kind and, I realize I'm far from the first person to go through this, they've coached many other heritage language learners."
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Through correcting my parents' English, I realised how unnecessary it is to be fluent