Episode 10 : Raising bilingual children as a non-native speaker (a Dad's perspective)
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In this episode Dr. Daniel J. Olson tells us about how he and his wife, non-native Spanish speakers, decided to raise their daughters bilingual English-Spanish. Dan is an Associate Professor of Spanish at Purdue University and he shares with us his expertise with codeswitching and how normal this linguistic practice is among bilingual individuals, especially young children. He also discusses the importance of speaker networks for language maintenance and touches on important issues such as language discrimination, and how your race/ethnicity plays a role into it.
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