In Getting a Bilingual Child to Feel the Value of the Minority Language, I talk about the importance of promoting a positive attitude toward the target language—in our case, English. After all, if the child doesn’t hold positive feelings toward the minority language, it will be much, much harder to make the sort of strong, steady progress necessary to match the relentless development of the majority language. A positive attitude toward the minority language—a heartfelt grasp of its value—is what