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title: "Learning Language"
date: 2008-05-02
url: https://learningischange.com/2008/05/02/learninglanguage/
author: Ben Wilkoff
categories: ["Uncategorized"]
tags: []
---

# Learning Language

I don’t usually post personal things on this blog, but I thought that this was just too important to leave unpublished.

My daughter is learning language at an amazing rate. She knows more words at 18 months than I thought was possible, but they aren’t just any words. They are words that are important for her. They are words that have a meaning and a context for her life.

Normally I would turn this experience into an educational rant about creating authentic places for our students to learn language and curriculum, but for now I will just leave you with this video.

[flash /wp-content/uploads/2008/05/iloveyou.flv w=320 h=240]

[iloveyou](/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/iloveyou.flv)