http://childhoodspeech.com Parenting A Multilingual Kid In A Multicultural Society Sun, 13 May 2012 18:29:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://childhoodspeech.com/2008/11/australian-lingo/ http://childhoodspeech.com/2008/11/australian-lingo/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:00:00 +0000 Hanifa K. Cook http://childhoodspeech.com/?p=381

Lingo means dialect or jargon. To understand the lingo of a certain language means to be immersed the culture and practice of the community; otherwise, you will feel lost in translations. I have been speaking at least 3 – 4 languages for the past 40 years. One aspect of language proficiency is the ability to [...]]]> http://childhoodspeech.com/2008/11/australian-lingo/feed/ 0