Tag: Second Language Acquisition

• For whom are we protecting the designated use of languages in two-way bilingual education (TWBE) programs?

  After attending the Teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) convention this past week in Atlanta, GA and noticing how much “we” tend to place an immense amount of value on a certain kind “English,” I started thinking about the TWBE context. A context that is dear to my bilingual and Latinx heart as […]

  Suzanne García-Mateus

  March 18, 2019

  Bilingual Education

  bicultural, bilingual, bilingual children, Bilingual Education, bilingual life, bilingualism, code-switching, dual language education, immersion schools, Second Language Acquisition, SLA, spanglish, spanish, Texas, translanguaging, two-way bilingual education

• Crib Bilingual vs. School Bilingual

  There are various routes one can take to become bilingual. Since I have made an effort to raise my daughter with at least 2 languages I have learned mine is just one way, and really, there are multiple ways to becoming bilingual. I consider myself a “crib bilingual” in that my parents native language is […]

  Suzanne García-Mateus

  December 7, 2011

  Bicultural Experiences, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Experiences, Language:Culture Expression & Identity, Trilingual Baby

  crib bilingual, school bilingual, Second Language Acquisition