Language Magazine – Margarita Calderón and Shawn Slakk
“We are living in an interesting time, filled with many possibilities. More and more families from different cultures want their children to grow up bilingual or multilingual and multicultural. The other co-author of this article became multilingual/multicultural through a different route. He sought milieus where he could immerse himself in a language. He had an overwhelming need to speak more than one language and tried on a few to see how they suited him. His powerful experiences are also being replicated in dual-language (DL) schools with 50% native English speakers and 50% speakers of another native language. As we said above, for us, our languages are part of who we are—part of our public and personal cultures and make-ups.” (more)