Two new nonfiction books blend research and memoir to explore ideas of family, language and culture. Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez's Tías and Primas draws on her experience being raised in a ...

I'd learned some through my family, but I wanted to feel closer to my culture. So this past summer, I decided to enroll in an intensive Hungarian language course through Indiana University.

Gordon agrees, noting that in places where multilingualism is common, family language thrives. “How a family integrates English and Spanish in the privacy of their own home, for example, or ...

If the goal of the family is to maintain the other language in the home and ensure its development, measures should be taken. Most transnational families do not explicitly state that they have a ...

Engaging in purposeful, meaningful and strategic conversations with children can directly support children’s language comprehension, an important component of reading.

Familects can emerge from any type of family: big, small, chosen, or your “quaranteam,” as a friend calls it. Over time, these terms may become sticky in your inner circle.