Yesterday after school Leen rang me up. I always ask in Nederlandse "Wat doe jij vandaag?" First she wanted to do more sums, her addition is heel goed now.. Then we did some word flash cards as I am trying to see if she can read English & Dutch words.. she is though more quickly English with me. So when we got to the flash card for Apple we looked at the word in Arabic... over skype we used the google Arabic keyboard on my laptop... not only was she telling me how to pronounce the words Tofah Arabic for Apple but she was with me as we found the Arabic letters on the keyboard! Truly a Professor of Linguistics No confusion but so much fun as we made it all a fun game together.. Then she ate an apple.. was so unplanned but she had apple patterned pjs on too !
APPLE was of the words of the day this week with NaTakallam I think Leen will be one of their teachers before long lol So magical sharing languages and learning together. Here I am 66yrs Yorkshire born woman in Hayes West London and learning and sharing so much with 5yrs old Syrian Leen living in Belgium. Family Link Up has really enriched my life.
