In this second mini episode of our Heritage Language Spotlight Month series, Michelle explores a reality that often goes unspoken in multilingual and immigrant communities:
There is no universal heritage language experience.
Even people raised in the same household can develop completely different relationships to language, identity, culture, and communication. Through examples drawn from multilingual family dynamics, this episode examines why shared exposure does not automatically create the same emotional connection, fluency, comfort level, or sense of belonging.
This conversation also challenges the assumption that heritage language ability reflects cultural legitimacy, personal effort, or identity in any simple or universal way.
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