Most language guides start with the language you're learning.
This one starts with the language you already have.
The Language You Carry is a 17-page self-interview guide — 20 structured questions designed to surface what you already carry into every language you speak: the voice you were given, the one you built, and the space between what you can say and what you actually mean.
How do you sound when you're fully at ease? What does your native language let you do that no other language has given you words for yet? What gets lost when you translate yourself?
These are not questions any language class ever asked. They are, for most people, the most interesting ones.
What's inside: Twenty prompts organized across five arcs — The Voice You Inherited, What You Actually Sound Like, What Gets Lost, The Language Between You and Others, and Before You Add Another Language. Each section opens with a brief framing and moves into the questions with space to write.
Who it's for: Anyone learning — or considering learning — a second language who wants to understand their native voice first. Also for anyone who suspects they've never quite had a real conversation with the language they grew up in.
Format: Instant digital download. 17-page printable PDF. Designed for print and screen.
Most language guides start with the language you're learning.
This one starts with the language you already have.
The Language You Carry is a 17-page self-interview guide — 20 structured questions designed to surface what you already carry into every language you speak: the voice you were given, the one you built, and the space between what you can say and what you actually mean.
How do you sound when you're fully at ease? What does your native language let you do that no other language has given you words for yet? What gets lost when you translate yourself?
These are not questions any language class ever asked. They are, for most people, the most interesting ones.
What's inside: Twenty prompts organized across five arcs — The Voice You Inherited, What You Actually Sound Like, What Gets Lost, The Language Between You and Others, and Before You Add Another Language. Each section opens with a brief framing and moves into the questions with space to write.
Who it's for: Anyone learning — or considering learning — a second language who wants to understand their native voice first. Also for anyone who suspects they've never quite had a real conversation with the language they grew up in.
Format: Instant digital download. 17-page printable PDF. Designed for print and screen.
