My multi-lingual self: Children's language self-portraits

5. 'MY PLURILINGUAL BODY'



One girl is from Pakistan. She lives in Italy.

She learned to read and write in Italian. She draws the Italian flag on her right hand. “… because I always had an Italian book in my hand.

She uses her heritage language at home. It is her mother tongue. She draws the flag of Pakistan on her tongue.

She draws the English flag in her heart. “… because I really like English and I will soon be moving there.

She draws the flag of Spain in her legs. “ …. Because I am learning Spanish”. She says that she has a long way to go, but in the future she will speak it perfectly.