Shortly after Christmas, Stefania started rejecting the Italian language and began replying to her mum, Elisa, in English even though Elisa continued speaking Italian to her.
“One day, I collected Stefania from school and I asked her how her day had been. Stefania replied okay. When we got home and her dad asked her how was school? Stefania was full of chats and stories. It dawned on me that Stefania just didn’t want to tell me about her day in Italian. It was tough to realise that” remembers Elisa.
Language Explorers visited Stefania’s school, later on, that year and as part of the programme, the class teacher asked parents to come into the classroom and tell a story. Stefania’s mum, Elisa jumped at the opportunity since she thought it was a lovely idea to bring a bit of home to the school. Elisa went in with some photos from where she is in Italy, including some family photos with Stefania.
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