Brazilian families who come to Australia with children or choose to have kids here
have many things to consider, one of them being the learning of both English and Portuguese language
to help with that is ABCD, a Brazilian institution who looks after the development of bilingual children
I had a chat with Monica Croll, the project admin. Check it out!
We have just arrived at ABCD – Association for Brazilian Bilingual Children's Development
I am here with Monica who administrates the project.
Monica, how did your story with ABCD begin?
Raphael, I have been in Australia for 21 years
ABCD was created by two mothers. When I started with ABCD I had a 5 year old child and I was also pregnant
I fell in love with the project and never left
The project started in 1999, so we can see the little kids from that time now going to university.
How many kids have passed through ABCD?
Many kids. We have a database and we have almost 500 families as members of ABCD
What are the pros and cons in the development of bilingual children?
The cons are: for the kids who study here whose mother is Brazilian and father is Australian
trying to maintain the Portuguese speaking at home is very hard
as of course the kids go to an Australian school from 9am to 3pm
They watch TV in English, they play sport in English…
It's very important that the kids also study Portuguese proper.
We don't want the kids to only listen and be passive, we want them to speak and be active as well
When they go on holidays in Brazil they can talk, have a conversation and make more friends
Here they learn Portuguese as well as Brazilian history and geography
When they learn Portuguese, this is the first step to go on to learn Spanish, French, Italian, etc.
What are the other services the association offers besides the classroom?
We offer a 'play school' which offers play and learning at the same time for kids from 0 to 5 years old
The mums stay as well and with the teacher, the kids sing, play, read books, all in Portuguese
ABCD also offers the teaching of Portuguese for kids from 5 to 12 years old.
Last year, we started teaching Portuguese for teenagers to prepare them for Uni
And now we also offer Portuguese classes for adults too
What's the importance of the ABCD for the Brazilian Community in Australia?
It's huge. ABCD is the only official school that teaches Portuguese for the Brazilian kids here in Sydney
It's an Australian institution and we are also recognized by the Brazilian Government and Consulate in Australia
Congratulations on this awesome project
It was great to show this to Brazil and for people in Australia who didn't know about it. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the opportunity.
Very important, right? It's a big help for mums and dads.
If you want more information there is a Facebook page to like, Youtube channel to subscribe to
and also give us a 'like' in this video because it helps us a lot
Thanks for watching and I'll see ya next time!
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