Learning a new language is one of the privileges that a person can get when moving from one place to another and staying there for a longer time. In this paper, I will discuss my journey that resulted to gradual decline of my L1 (First language), Polillohing Tagalog, which is a variety of the Tagalog language, in the Philippines. The result of…

This paper has been developed based on my learning experiences within the Master of Education program at Thompson Rivers University. As well as, my time teaching at Burdett School while working with the Low German Mennonite student population; and experiencing the interrupted mental health and well-being they face given their migration, forced or…