We are a bilingual home, I am a native Arabic speaker so we prioritize second language exposure to our kids while we homeschool. Although...recently my daughter has shown interest in adding French...
I appreciate this post. I want to make foreign languages more a part of our routine. I didn’t know that CM wrote on this. Thank you for the tips and examples of practical application.
Yes her first volume in particular talks a lot about second language acquisition. It was a requirement where she came from. They did french based on closest region.
Thanks for sharing how you integrate language study in your homeschool! It's wonderful that you've prioritized reading aloud and doing memory work in Arabic. I can imagine this has shaped your great books study by making available in the original language works that other families read in translation, as well as opening up the possibility of reading Arabic-language classics outside the typical European canon.
I am not fluent in Vietnamese (my kids' heritage language on their dad's side), but I am learning more every day. It's encouraging to hear that homeschooling can be a rich environment for language study.
Good for you for finding a way to add a third language in an enjoyable and low-pressure way. Total fluency doesn't always need to be the goal--any level of language study teaches so much about the world. I would like my kids to learn some Spanish in the coming years since it's spoken all around us in Long Beach, CA, and because my Spanish proficiency is adequate to read to them and work with them.
I hope your school year has gotten off to a wonderful start!
What a thoughtful comment! We actually homeschool sort-of year round with mini breaks during the year so we have kinda just kept going. Our homeschool co op started back up this week though! Yes, it is definitely such hard work making a bilingual home but it's so rewarding. I don't have much against old western literature so I do get some stuff that's translated. We have also gotten some really good literature stories for kids that are more about my native culture.
I appreciate this post. I want to make foreign languages more a part of our routine. I didn’t know that CM wrote on this. Thank you for the tips and examples of practical application.
Yes her first volume in particular talks a lot about second language acquisition. It was a requirement where she came from. They did french based on closest region.
Have you read all of her volumes? I’ve just started reading her actual work. Most of what I have learned about her is through second parties.
I finished her first volume and reading her second one. I'm currently reading through them.
Thanks for sharing how you integrate language study in your homeschool! It's wonderful that you've prioritized reading aloud and doing memory work in Arabic. I can imagine this has shaped your great books study by making available in the original language works that other families read in translation, as well as opening up the possibility of reading Arabic-language classics outside the typical European canon.
I am not fluent in Vietnamese (my kids' heritage language on their dad's side), but I am learning more every day. It's encouraging to hear that homeschooling can be a rich environment for language study.
Good for you for finding a way to add a third language in an enjoyable and low-pressure way. Total fluency doesn't always need to be the goal--any level of language study teaches so much about the world. I would like my kids to learn some Spanish in the coming years since it's spoken all around us in Long Beach, CA, and because my Spanish proficiency is adequate to read to them and work with them.
I hope your school year has gotten off to a wonderful start!
What a thoughtful comment! We actually homeschool sort-of year round with mini breaks during the year so we have kinda just kept going. Our homeschool co op started back up this week though! Yes, it is definitely such hard work making a bilingual home but it's so rewarding. I don't have much against old western literature so I do get some stuff that's translated. We have also gotten some really good literature stories for kids that are more about my native culture.