{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Performing Belonging: The Psychology of Heritage Language Anxiety","description":"How can someone who speaks a dozen languages still struggle to speak the one that feels most personal? Why can a heritage language carry emotional burdens that no foreign language ever does? Dr. K is joined by literary critic, translator, poet, and curator Christopher Atamian\u2014a Harvard graduate, Fulbright Fellow, and award-winning translator of Armenian and French literature into English\u2014to explore the psychology of heritage language anxiety. Together they discuss multilingualism, family expectations, translation, and the pressure to be "Armenian enough," revealing why speaking a heritage language is often less about linguistic competence than about negotiating belonging. Along the way, they challenge long-held assumptions about what it means to be a "native speaker," examine how translation can make literature accessible across languages, and consider why multilingualism does not necessarily protect us from linguistic insecurity. More broadly, the conversation challenges what it means to be a heritage speaker, inviting listeners to rethink fluency, belonging, and what it truly means to claim a language as one's own. ","author_name":"Language Therapy with Dr. K","author_url":"http:\/\/languagetherapywithdrk.libsyn.com\/website","html":"