Losing your mother tongue ⏲️ 6 Minute English

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What does it mean for a child refugee to lose their first language? Sam and Rob hear the story of a woman who replaced her native Czech for English when her family had to leave their home country, and they teach you new vocabulary along the way.
❓❓❓ This week's question:
According to the United Nations, how many people around the world are currently living as displaced refugees?
a) 3 million
b) 53 million
c) 103 million
Listen to the programme to find out the answer.
Vocabulary:
✔️ mother tongue - native language; the first language you learn from your parents as a child
✔️ (someone is) dunked into - suddenly placed into a new, unfamiliar situation for a short time before being removed again
✔️ have faith - have confidence or trust in something or someone
✔️ sort itself out - (phrasal verb) stop being a problem, without anyone having to do anything
✔️ full-fledged - complete; fully developed
✔️ either-or - situation where only a choice between two options, with no third alternative, is possible
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@user-zn4sv3el2l Год назад

In fact it happens all over the world. My friend had an experience like that. She was born in one country and then moved to another with her family. Unfortunately she forgot her native language to speak. Her parents can but others can't speak their native language. I can call it like a problem. That's my point. Every nation and every country have their traditions. In my opinion what we call as a tradition have their language too, which it makes them like it. Such a good video. Thanks BBC for your work!

@trangdieu.18c Год назад

📍VOCABULARY IN THIS VIDEO “Losing your mother tongue” 📍 1. Refugeel: someone who has been forced to leave their country, especially during a war, or for political or religious reasons 2. Persecution: cruel or unfair treatment of someone over a period of time, especially because of their religious or political beliefs 3. Interpreted: to translate spoken words from one language into another => Interpret something as something 4. Traumatic: a traumatic experience is so shocking and upsetting that it affects you for a long time 5. Grieving: to feel extremely sad, especially because someone you love has died => Grieve over/for 6. Passed away: To die - use this when you want to avoid saying the word ‘die’ 7. Ancestry: the members of your family who lived a long time ago => Of ... Ancestry => Her mother is of German ancestry 8. Blended: to combine different things in a way that produces an effective or pleasant result, or to become combined in this way => Blend with/together => Blend is usually passive in this meaning. 9. Contradiction: a difference between two statements, beliefs, or ideas about something that means they cannot both be true => Contradiction between => In (direct) contradiction to something 10. Immigrant: someone who enters another country to live there permanently → emigrant 11. Mother tongue: native language; the first language you learn from your parents as a child 12. (someone is) dunked into: suddenly placed into a new, unfamiliar situation for a short time before being removed again 13. Have faith: have confidence or trust in something or someone 14. Sort itself out: (phrasal verb) stop being a problem without anyone having to do anything 15. Full-fledged: complete; fully developed 16. Either-or: situation where only a choice between two options, with no third alternative, is possible 17. A sense of tolerance 03/03/2023. 🌱Waoo, this is a special day!🌱 ALL THE BEST FOR YOU ^^

@muitranvan0692 Год назад

Refugee người tị nạn

@muitranvan0692 Год назад

Immigrant người nhập cư

@muitranvan0692 Год назад

Mother tongue tiếng mẹ đẻ

@fkfkfkfk2348 Год назад

I appreciate your list of Vocabularies. It helps us understand more about this lesson! hope your dreams with English come true. See you in the next lesson.

@trangdieu.18c Год назад

@@fkfkfkfk2348 💙💙💙

@MrQiao Год назад

Hi from Moscow,as a Chinese living in Russia but try to speak English, I've been facing many problems in my life but I'm glad that I've got this chance to speak three languages at the same time ,btw ,i love your program and hope you the best

@andreafixes Год назад

It's amazing that you know 3 different languages :)

@evaoxana3451 Год назад

Have a good luck !

@roan46 Год назад

Finally a video talking about this usual "problem" when you're learning a new language... Interesting story. 👍👍

@bbclearningenglish Год назад

Glad you think so!

@ozgurdemir8135 Год назад

@@bbclearningenglish where l can find thiss all subtitles

@monaminas Год назад

@@ozgurdemir8135 The subtitles in English (or other language) will be displayed if you press the icon "CC" on the screen of the video (up, right, as you look at your phone).

@ozgurdemir8135 Год назад

@@monaminas thank u

@tahsinnoorshahbazkhan6727 Год назад

I also share similar experiences of losing in touch with my mother tongue. Thanks bbc for uploading such a worthwhile video

@andreafixes Год назад

That's so interesting. :)

@englishspeakingtime Год назад

Thank you so much. As usual, it is an episode rich with new vocabulary.

@yeroy744 Год назад

I would like to watch many videos from your programme. It helps me a lot to make my accent like British.

@irenefang246 Год назад

My summary while listening The today’s topic is about the issue related to young refugees who are slowly forgetting their mother tongues as a result of living in foreign countries from the young age. Now, they have settled in Canada, speaking a new language which is different from her first language. Therefore, she can only practice Czech language at home with her family members. According to Judy Sedivy, her family was forced to leave her homeland which is Czech Republic during the Cold War. During her childhood, she was dunked into many circumstances where she had to learn various languages. However, it was not really traumatic for her as she believed everything would sort itself out. Also, she claimed that we could keep alive our beliefs by speaking multiple languages including our mother tongues which eventually identify who we are.

@VanAnhPham-yw9st Год назад

I love this video for both the new words I learn and the interesting content. Many thanks from Vietnam.

@yigitcanbaysal824 Год назад

Hi there I'm looking for someone to practice and improve my English I wonder if you are interested in? :)

@andreafixes Год назад

That's great!

@ajoysd6054 Год назад

Great one!

@thalia9541 Год назад

Hi from Indonesia 🇮🇩 and thanks for the lesson 😃

@maria._03 Год назад

Thank you 🌼 Very interesting story ☺️

@silentoddly5484 Год назад

I am from Bangladesh.I want to improve my English language. Could you help me?please....

@brendamartinez6955 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much

@mr.sayemsirmr.sayemsir9302 Год назад

Very Good.

@indrilestari8914 4 месяца назад

thank you❤

@Yuiko-zz4rm Год назад

If I watch your videos, I know my vocabularies will be full-fledged.

@ShahrezadNorMohammadiy9116 Год назад

"Seven things that will destroy mankind: 1. Wealth without work 2. Pleasure without conscience 3. Knowledge without character 4. Religion without sacrifice 5. Politics without principles 6. Science without humanity 7. A job without morals."- Mahatma Gandhi 🇮🇳

@Katrin_Joy 10 месяцев назад

I am Ukrainian, but we live in Georgia, so I try to teach my son my mother tongue 🤗 I hope everything will sort itself out)

@EWAMILENAP Год назад

It's an interesting topic that is rarely spoken of.

@ahmedraihan7781 Год назад

Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩 ❤

@alextsitovich9800 Год назад

5:43 There were police ads in British transport: "See it. Say it. Sorted."

@romeubraga5942 Год назад

Very nice video

@zulaykho4257 Год назад

Thanks

@bbclearningenglish Год назад

Welcome

@wedding_video Год назад

Hi from Ukraine and thank you for the lesson ❤️🇺🇦

@bbclearningenglish Год назад

You're welcome!

@no_life_wth_leafras949 Месяц назад

I like it

@ShahrezadNorMohammadiy9116 Год назад

“I learned Spanish as a young adult and everyone would always tell me that I spoke it wrong. The problem was that I was told I spoke English wrong too."- Elisabet Velasquez🌺 😊

@andreafixes Год назад

Great quote!

@KWOKYEWFUNGMoe Год назад

thx for this interesting video

@bbclearningenglish Год назад

Glad you liked it!

@mydreamagriculture Год назад

interesting topic

@user-zb3dh9se2r Год назад

That was the best explanations, as usually)

@bbclearningenglish Год назад

Glad to hear that!

@nawafmtr999 Год назад

Thank you for this great channel, I just want to know my level. I can understand all your videos but I don't understand everything that the people you meet when they talk?? What's my level and how do you understand them(the people you meet not you)

@andreafixes Год назад

You're doing great! Keep listening to different types of videos/speaking and you'll be able to understand better :)

@abdelslamkhlid2354 Год назад

❤❤❤

@user1688dish Год назад

Thank you so much! Finally someone dicsussed my problem....

@bbclearningenglish Год назад

We're glad this was interesting to you!

@Mikichan85 Год назад

I want say that this problem isn't only for refugees. There a lot, huge number of people that change countries... WITHOUT the language knowledge. Like me fir example. I move myself from Italy to Germany. I'm not a refugee, of course. But still have this problem. A lot of other Italian, expat everywhere in centuries. Or like the Chinese everywhere... So, please, don't close your mind when you do a video. Keep it open and don't give some false information. We exist...

@tindrakara Месяц назад

🤩🤩

@thugx5987 Год назад

I'm from India

@user-un7gn8ej9v Год назад

To be honest, I can't hear you, but will it be helpful if I watch it constantly?

@andreafixes Год назад

Yes! Keep practising your English and you'll get better and better :)

@fatimequluzade9874 5 месяцев назад

What is either-or?Can anyone pls explain

@malayadav936 4 месяца назад

It is a situation in which we only have two option and no other third alternative

@dhxgjxshxjc Год назад

I am first

@user-iu4nn4nf6o Год назад

Rage preliminary come over leaps and bounds fraternize good laughs parent disconnect persecution full fledged

@user-ji7do1mg5t 10 месяцев назад

Michael Rosen?!

@khuongenglish3665 Год назад

who can tell me that gathere the scripts this video, plz

@bbclearningenglish Год назад

You can download the transcript on our website, here - www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2023/ep-230302 😊

@wryaosman68 Год назад

hello am from kurdstan

@hadouken99 Год назад

Do you mean north of iraq?

@thomaschen2057 Год назад

tbh, not sure what Julie means in the second part. It's so hard to understand a native speaker ; (

@ramazankamilov942 Год назад

🇺🇿🇺🇿🇺🇿

@jyotsnavangepuram1890 Год назад

Videos are good.. but i thought that instead of presenting pic.. better to do in a video ( like visualization) format.. if possible.. then people will not deviate from this video...

@andreafixes Год назад

That's a great suggestion :)

@aycataskn6178 Год назад

I don't know my native language too 🤧

@silentoddly5484 Год назад

I am from Bangladesh.I want to improve my English language. Could you help me?please....

@andreafixes Год назад

That's sad :(

@Escurador Год назад

What language is it?

@aycataskn6178 Год назад

@@Escurador Bosnian language

@user-yl4qu7xj9o Год назад

If you look deeper, and not just tell that tolerance is a good thing and people can integrate into any society. Then we will get a loss of culture. Various deep cultural processes are valuable for human development. And what to do if it was not a conscious choice of a person to move to another country and enjoy "cosmopolitanism" Many people suffer from the fact that they do not support the development of their language and culture in any way, for many the real pleasure is to live and build a better life in the country in which they were born. Looking at r u s s ! a, you can see that the erasure of nations within the empire does not lead to anything good. Mostly these are people with limited primitive thinking who do whatever the dictator tells them.