tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1132547320196715283.post1194564330878869330..comments2023-04-21T15:19:04.905+08:00Comments on Being Multilingual: Schooling in tonguesMadalena Cruz-Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14782492322928803326noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1132547320196715283.post-6719954723768888612010-12-18T07:50:29.747+08:002010-12-18T07:50:29.747+08:00Martin: Thank you for bringing this up! It’s fine ...Martin: Thank you for bringing this up! It’s fine evidence that school support plays a central role both in children’s healthy language development, and in the change of attitude towards the languages so nurtured. <br />MadalenaMadalena Cruz-Ferreirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782492322928803326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1132547320196715283.post-80227654777021315882010-12-17T07:10:48.756+08:002010-12-17T07:10:48.756+08:00What we may also find, in language revival situati...What we may also find, in language revival situations, is schooling through the medium of a heritage language that may no longer be spoken by the parents, but still the first language of some speakers in the community. If introduced at pre-school level and followed through in primary and secondary education, successes in establishing fluency in the heritage language have been noted. Examples such as Welsh and Basque come to mind.Martin J Ballhttp://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~mjb0372/mjball.htmlnoreply@blogger.com