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Two Languages: Haitian Creole
You translate for your manman at the landlord's office
Children who complete this book have their own identity map in Haitian Creole and English.
Children who grow up speaking Haitian Creole at home and English at school — who carry the language of Haiti and the language of America, and who belong in both
The Name It First Experience
Translating for your family is not just language — it is trust, and this book honors what you carry. Two Languages: Haitian Creole walks a bilingual child through their words, their names, their manman's language, and the world at school — giving form to the experience of carrying Haitian Creole and English at the same time. It is for the child who holds two languages and sometimes the whole weight of a conversation — who belongs in both worlds and deserves a book that says so. They finish with a Haitian-English Identity Map — a page that shows exactly who they are in both languages, in their own words.
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Sample questions
- What Creole word do you use at home that has no English version?
- What's the hardest thing to translate when you help your manman?
- What's something your family does in Haitian Creole that feels different when you try to say it in English?
Research basis
Grounded in Cummins (1979) bilingual language development / Wong Fillmore (1991) heritage language maintenance / Bialystok (2011) bilingual identity development in children / Haitian Creole and Kreyol identity in the diaspora.
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