One of the biggest myths about multilingual children is that they simply “lose interest” in their home language. The reality is often much more complex. Children usually don’t abandon a language because they dislike it. They stop using it when they no longer see a reason to use it. Language survives when it remains meaningful, useful, and connected to real relationships. That’s why preserving a home language isn’t just about teaching words. It’s about creating opportunities, experiences, and emotional connections that make the language matter. In Episodes 217–218 of the Languages Pedagogy Podcast, Yulia Akhmetova explains why so many children drift away from their heritage language and what families can do to keep it alive across generations. 🎧 This conversation may completely change how you think about bilingualism, language maintenance, and family language planning. Listen now at mikenglishonline.com #homelanguage #heritagelanguage #bilingualdevelopment #multilingualparenting #languageandidentity

درک شما فارس‌زبانان از حقوق بشر نسبت به ایرانیان غیرفارس‌زبان را می‌توان در عملکرد و کنش‌هایتان در ۲۱ فوریه، روز جهانی زبان مادری، سنجید. #رۆژی_جیهانی_زمانی_دایکی #InternationalMotherLanguageDay #HomeLanguage

Research shows that South African children taught in their home language in early grades are up to 50% more likely to excel in English literacy by Grade 4. #HomeLanguage #Literacy #BilingualEducation #SouthAfrica Read on: tinyurl.com/bddu6mka

When was the last time you listened to our beautifully narrated multilingual radio stories on various SABC radio stations? Every year, Nal’ibali produces a selection of 45 – 52 radio stories which are aired on 13 SABC and 12 independent community radio stations in different languages across the country. Our Nal'ibali radio stories reached an estimated 8 million children through SABC radio stations and 1.4 million via community radio stations in 2024. Click here nalibali.org/audio-stores/ to listen to Nal'ibali's audio stories in your language. #Nalibali #storytelling #literacy #homelanguage #storytelling

i got a hundred more times confused how is there a overseas fandom bigger than the jp fandom for something so complicated plus all written in jp, maybe i'm just overly stupid that i can't understand my homelanguage?????

A project that offers people the opportunity to study in their homelanguage. When will other native languages be catered for by their Leaderships?

Teaching my kids their home language is an extreme sport 🙆🏽‍♀️🙆🏽‍♀️🙆🏽‍♀️ motho a shu o re Mangunya e le magwinya 😭😭 in public nogal #homelanguage #parenting

En die ‘homelanguage’ is Spaans, die andere wereldtaal. Wie ooit in de VS was weet dat in grote delen van het zuiden (Florida op kop) Spaans nagenoeg de lingua franca is.

My homelanguage is French but I can bet we not talking about No-Maise or Welkwas here but ...... Thotyelwa or Sinazo 😂🤣

We had a super busy week, last week as the GCSE exam season began! 23 students, in 10 different languages (Arabic, Portuguese, Chinese, Modern Hebrew, Turkish, Persian, Italian, German, Russian & Greek), & many bi-lingual staff got our season off to a great start #Bilingual #homelanguage

Supporting #EmergentBilinguals across all disciplines @CarlsbadUSD. PL on #IntegratedELD & #AI. Leveraging our students’ assets: #HomeLanguage #TechSavviness. Language Tech as a viable tool to develop content knowledge. #ELRoadmap #EdTech #EquityInEducation

Today is United Nations International Mother Language Day. At Lawnswood we are super proud of our bi-& multi-lingual learners @SchsofSanctuary #Diversity #homelanguage #heritage un.org/en/observances/mother…

Nobody should deliberately target schools that offer homelanguage based education. This should be available to everybody not just English home language learners.

come on you dont even know your ally's homelanguage?

Why is it that most Afrikaans speaking people that went to Afrikaans schools can speak better English than most other second language English speakers. There is no reason why you can't be educated in your homelanguage and still be fluent in English.

Maybe they are also proud of their homelanguage and want their children to be taught in their homelanguage.

“#HomeLanguage is a consistently developing term” — “a strong language foundation is important for success and identity” —- @BBISlearning HL coordinators @MissFrauYulia and Kirsten Lund Bruning on the complexity and impact of HL programming #AGIS2024.

Tusks… antlers… fangs… gills… how do you say these words in your #homelanguage? Year 2 students at #ISH_EAL learn new #academicvocabulary in English and in their HL because here #alllanguagesmatter!

Uyazizwa ezafunda u IsiZulu as a Homelanguage 🥺😅🤣

💡 Research shows that kids can acquire mental, moral, social & communication skills in their first 7 years of life. The #InjiniThinkTank's latest #research aligns with the @DBE_SA's #ECD recommendations. Swipe for insights on how #HomeLanguage instruction is beneficial ➡️