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Forgetting Your Parents' Native Language | Allyson Poyker | TEDxCUNY
TEDx Talksยท 2025-07-24 15:09
The TED Talk is an overview of the universal experience of children of immigrants assimilating into American culture, and inadvertently losing proficiency in their parent's native language. This topic was inspired by Allyson's own personal experience with language loss, and its effect on my personal identity, as well as on the family dynamics at home. In discussing this topic, she aims to spread awareness of the psychology of this experience, and to emphasize the importance of acknowledging the effects of o ...