Language chaining

· from English

Definition

Language chaining is linking each new language to the one you learned just before it, so that your languages form a chain instead of all hanging from your native language.

Chaining describes the sequence, where language stacking stresses the foundation and language laddering stresses the language of instruction. A typical chain: English, then Mandarin, then Cantonese learned through Mandarin.

Examples

Kungfucius says: A chain is only as strong as the language you skipped.