"Language deficiency is a stigmatizing word" | inside

The linguist Manuela Julien writes this about the "Platform for Migration" movement. According to her, there should be talk of "insufficient exposure to Dutch".

According to her, children too quickly receive the label "language delay". "But that a child does not understand some Dutch words does not mean that he can not learn a language." Most children have a good command of their mother tongue and have only been less exposed to Dutch than their peers. monolinguals.This is not a "linguistic deficiency".

Julien, born in Mozambique, continues: "Many different or multilingual parents receive a bad signal from their environment: the signal that their mother tongue is inferior to Dutch." 19659004] The latest news from your inbox are the following every day for lunch.