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What is Mother Tongue?
Mother tongue refers to the language that a human learns from birth. Throughout this site, you will notice the words "mother tongue", "first language", and "native language" are often intermixed. These terms are all related to this same idea, and refer to the language a child is first exposed to, particularly from birth to 9 months. Children growing up in bilingual homes can have more than one mother tongue, provided that two languages were introduced at birth and equally developed through childhood.
ISB & Mother Tongue
Teachers and parents marvel at how quickly our young children seem to absorb conversational English in their initial schooling years. However, parents and teachers need to be aware of the fragility of the mother tongue. The early years (Before Pre-Kindergarten - 2nd Grade) are also when children are extremely susceptible to both losing the ability to use their mother tongue, even in the home context . ISB strongly recommends that families only speak in their mother tongue to their children, particularly throughout these early years of learning. The children are exposed to English throughout their school day at ISB, and are provided ample time and positive nourishment to engage in, explore, and flourish in the English language. When the children return home, they should also return to their home language, and without the interference of English tutoring. ISB strongly encourages families to use the mother tongue extensively in their homes, the community, and other outside school experiences. Parents have the power to eliminate the risk of their children losing mother tongue language and skills by providing opportunities for conversations that entail rich language use in the mother tongue. This will not only support maintaining the mother tongue, but enhance English language learning in addition to other languages they may choose to later learn.
Mother Tongue and Second Language
The level of development of children's
Mother tongue refers to the language that a human learns from birth. Throughout this site, you will notice the words "mother tongue", "first language", and "native language" are often intermixed. These terms are all related to this same idea, and refer to the language a child is first exposed to, particularly from birth to 9 months. Children growing up in bilingual homes can have more than one mother tongue, provided that two languages were introduced at birth and equally developed through childhood.
ISB & Mother Tongue
Teachers and parents marvel at how quickly our young children seem to absorb conversational English in their initial schooling years. However, parents and teachers need to be aware of the fragility of the mother tongue. The early years (Before Pre-Kindergarten - 2nd Grade) are also when children are extremely susceptible to both losing the ability to use their mother tongue, even in the home context . ISB strongly recommends that families only speak in their mother tongue to their children, particularly throughout these early years of learning. The children are exposed to English throughout their school day at ISB, and are provided ample time and positive nourishment to engage in, explore, and flourish in the English language. When the children return home, they should also return to their home language, and without the interference of English tutoring. ISB strongly encourages families to use the mother tongue extensively in their homes, the community, and other outside school experiences. Parents have the power to eliminate the risk of their children losing mother tongue language and skills by providing opportunities for conversations that entail rich language use in the mother tongue. This will not only support maintaining the mother tongue, but enhance English language learning in addition to other languages they may choose to later learn.
Mother Tongue and Second Language
The level of development of children's