Discussion Questions
1. How easy or difficult do you think it would be to raise children
bilingually? If you were to raise a bilingual child, which approach or
approaches mentioned in this chapter would you use? If you were
raised bilingually, or have or are currently raising a bilingual child,
share what strategies seem to be effective.
2. If you are bilingual, consider your own use of translanguaging. How
frequently do you translanguage? For what purposes?
In which contexts? If you are not bilingual, what translanguaging practices
have you observed among bilingual school children or other bilinguals
around you?
3. What are the pros and cons of using bilingual children as
interpreters?
What are some situations where the use of children to
interpret may be more or less appropriate?
