Bilingual Homes
Just out of interest, I'm wondering how many here came from bilingual homes because whenever I go to a language class there always seems to be a lot of people that grew up speaking either two languages or moved at "a good age" to retain their old language and adapt to the new.
Because right now in my French class we have a Punjabi, Arabic, Afrikaans, two Germans, two Serbian speakers. I'm not counting the girl who already speaks French.
And that's in a class of around 16.
And while I don't know all of those people I can say that a good 2/3 speak both English and their language at home.
It would make sense why someone with knowledge of two languages would continue studying a third. At least it does to me. I mean, if you already know two it doesn't seem as an impossible task. But, like I said, I'm just curious how it is in this community, and if you do come from a bilingual home how much do you think it helped you become interested in languages? And how did it affect how you learned your third?
Because right now in my French class we have a Punjabi, Arabic, Afrikaans, two Germans, two Serbian speakers. I'm not counting the girl who already speaks French.
And that's in a class of around 16.
And while I don't know all of those people I can say that a good 2/3 speak both English and their language at home.
It would make sense why someone with knowledge of two languages would continue studying a third. At least it does to me. I mean, if you already know two it doesn't seem as an impossible task. But, like I said, I'm just curious how it is in this community, and if you do come from a bilingual home how much do you think it helped you become interested in languages? And how did it affect how you learned your third?