My teenage daughter and I signed up for French classes together thinking it would be a bonding experience, but she's picking it up so much faster than me that I'm starting to feel embarrassed and she's getting impatient with my struggles. What was supposed to bring us closer is making me feel inadequate as both a learner and a parent.
More people experience this than they realize.
A family language learning project is exposing the difficult reality that cognitive advantages in acquisition can invert traditional authority relationships and trigger unexpected shame.
“Where Are You with Second language acquisition theory?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.