Other activities to facilitate reflection about languages in the family
3. CREATING FAMILY LANGUAGE PROFILES
Using printed out templates, participants can fill out their family language profile whilst engaging in shared reflections on the issues of their multiple languages that they may experience in their families. The aim is to make the session a safe space for sharing, where all languages and heritages are valued as family resources and in which everyone learns that different families find different ways of coping.
During this activity, parents are asked to make ‘pictures/graphs’ of how they use the languages they know with their family members. When they talk to different family members, which language do they use? Which language do family members respond back in? Which languages does their child use when talking to others in the family?
They can also be asked to reflect and fill out information about how they engage with their children at home when doing different activities. (When I read with my child, I use….; when I tell my child a story, I use…; when I talk to my child about everyday experiences, I use….).
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This activity is inspired by an activity developed by the project 'Tales at home'. Click here for the project website.
