Comments on: The language cringe of the native speaker https://languageonthemove.com/the-language-cringe-of-the-the-native-speaker/ Multilingualism, Intercultural communication, Consumerism, Globalization, Gender & Identity, Migration & Social Justice, Language & Tourism Tue, 05 Dec 2023 22:32:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Hanna Torsh https://languageonthemove.com/the-language-cringe-of-the-the-native-speaker/#comment-104731 Tue, 05 Dec 2023 22:32:04 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=18770#comment-104731 In reply to Helen.

Thanks Helen! Not sure how we missed that one! I’m glad you enjoyed reading about other couples like yourselves.
I’m currently working on a project which revisists sime of the families and couples from the 2012 project and it’s interesting to see how things have changed (or not) over time. and in different life phases. The pandemic and the resulting loss of contact with other places also had a profound impact for some families’ exposure to languages other than English. And while early migration language challenges may be fewer, other issues such as loss of citizenship of the country of origin may arise, which also has implications for language maintenance.

]]> By: Helen https://languageonthemove.com/the-language-cringe-of-the-the-native-speaker/#comment-104642 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:23:40 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=18770#comment-104642 Interesting article! My husband is Spanish and I’m Australian, so it was intriguing reading about other couples with the same kind of experiences. Just a note- Colombia the country is spelt with an “o”, not a “u” 🙂

]]> By: Reinalene Gonzaga https://languageonthemove.com/the-language-cringe-of-the-the-native-speaker/#comment-98087 Sat, 10 Dec 2022 07:34:56 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=18770#comment-98087 All my life I thought that it’s those who speak English as their second language who feel inferior over those who speak it natively. Your post is really enlightening, Seven years later after this has been posted here, native speakers of the English language, even without proper training, still have more opportunities in teaching the language. This is still a sad reality.

]]> By: Jean https://languageonthemove.com/the-language-cringe-of-the-the-native-speaker/#comment-46184 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 00:00:34 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=18770#comment-46184 That makes sense 🙂 Great to see you are back to work!

]]> By: Hanna Torsh https://languageonthemove.com/the-language-cringe-of-the-the-native-speaker/#comment-46181 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 00:48:52 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=18770#comment-46181 In reply to Jinhyun (Jean).

Thanks Jean! This did come up in one interview, which I blogged about here: http://languageonthemove.com/language-migration-social-justice/the-burden-of-multilingualism-in-australia
However, as my focus was the attitudes and repertoires of the English speaking background partner I don’t think I’ll have enough data. My feeling is that almost none of my participants from migrant backgrounds expressed much, if any, language anxiety. Given that all of the participants I spoke to volunteered to be interviewed, it may be that those who felt anxious about their English were the ones who declined to be interviewed.

]]> By: Jinhyun (Jean) https://languageonthemove.com/the-language-cringe-of-the-the-native-speaker/#comment-46166 Fri, 12 Jun 2015 00:28:07 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=18770#comment-46166 Great post Hanna! I was just wondering if you have looked at how the multilingual partners evaluate their English language skills in relation to the high assessment of their native partners? Are they taking it for granted or are they also experiencing language cringe due to the native speaker ideology?

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