Amanda loves her pre-school teachers, Hector and Carolina. They have taught her songs in Portuguese and Hector always says good morning and high five to Amanda in Spanish. Amanda speaks Spanish with her mum at home but English is her dominant language.
Towards the beginning of her second year in pre-school, Amanda started begging her mum not to speak Spanish to her at drop off and collection times because “Mammy, this is not how we speak here”. Amanda’s mum, Marta, was caught off guard by Amanda’s comment.