HMH GUIDED CONVERSATION QUESTIONS

CHOOSE AT LEAST TWO  QUESTIONS FROM EACH CATEGORY TO DISCUSS WITH YOUR PARTNER.

  1. Identity.
  2. Do you identify with one culture more than another? Explain
  3. Do you consider yourself bilingual? Why or why not?
  4. Do you consider yourself bicultural? If so, how is this expressed?
  5. When/ with whom do you use your heritage language? Why?

 

  1. Affective
  2. How would you describe your feelings towards your heritage language?
  3. Do you feel you connect equally to speakers of your heritage language and monolinguals?
  4. Do you feel any connection to speakers of heritage languages other than your own?
  5. Do you ever avoid using your heritage language? If so, when/why?

 

III. Language use.

  1. What triggers a word/concept in your heritage language? (a sight, a sound, a smell, a feeling)
  2. Favorite words: in your heritage language and in English. Is there any relation between them?
  3. Are there any words you always say in your heritage language? Why?
  4. Are there any words or concepts whose meaning you feel changes according to the language (family, respect, meals, etc.)?