Xiao-lei Wang - Trilingual Learners

The speaker, a professor at Pace University, discusses her interest in multilingual development, influenced by her personal background and decision to raise her children in three languages: French, Chinese, and English. She shares experiences of misconceptions faced by multilingual families, such as assumptions about language development issues. The speaker emphasizes the enriched environment multilingual children experience and advocates for leveraging home language resources in education to enhance learning.

How did the speaker respond to the speech pathologist's concerns about their child?

What is the speaker's view on the advantages of being exposed to more than one language?