tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458937443261385091.post6807806758716013823..comments2023-04-14T05:00:33.316-07:00Comments on Regurgitated Alpha Bits: ¿Que?Edna Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12756635597593870052noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458937443261385091.post-50091946502480174302012-02-03T17:10:19.088-08:002012-02-03T17:10:19.088-08:00Good points, Anonymous. Thanks!Good points, Anonymous. Thanks!Edna Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12756635597593870052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458937443261385091.post-38582443722532274502012-02-03T11:21:16.768-08:002012-02-03T11:21:16.768-08:00You'd be surprised at how much they really do ...You'd be surprised at how much they really do understand. The parent understands more English than she is letting on and the child understands more Spanish than he is letting on. Also, communication is 80-90% body language;a lot is conveyed this way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458937443261385091.post-54080917810047186702012-02-01T09:05:45.622-08:002012-02-01T09:05:45.622-08:00I'd guess the same way we communicate with our...I'd guess the same way we communicate with our pets... Or my cats anyway. It is indeed a perplexing thought.Charleshttp://blog.teacherparlor.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458937443261385091.post-30728272635559252102012-01-29T21:53:29.848-08:002012-01-29T21:53:29.848-08:00How does that happen? It seems so strange that a ...How does that happen? It seems so strange that a child wouldn't automatically pick up the language that was being spoken to them. I mean, we lived in England and my daughter spoke in an English accent with her friends, and it was THICK. I'm assuming the child's father speaks English? Then again - my uncles 4th wife only spoke Spanish and he only spoke English and they were married longer than any of his former marriages. Something to be said about that I'm sure.Mom not Mum (Sandy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16342355588737699494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458937443261385091.post-39924263406798067482012-01-29T17:22:31.790-08:002012-01-29T17:22:31.790-08:00It is interesting, isn't it? The class I stud...It is interesting, isn't it? The class I student taught in had a little girl whose parents were both deaf and used sign language. My master teacher and I noticed how the little girl would often turn her back when she didn't want to "hear" something. Mind you, both she and her sister, interestingly enough, both had perfectly normal hearing, but at home, if they turned their backs on their parents, then, of course, they couldn't see their hands and thus couldn't "hear" them. I have had students who seem to have no language...meaning they don't know the Spanish their parents speak, yet, they don't know the English being used in the school, either. Very frustrating, and heartbreaking. I didn't answer your question...but maybe lots of hand motions and a little bit of Spanglish?Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239726254734283923noreply@blogger.com