"Welcome to Catalonia, welcome to Catalan!", says the material The Department of Language Policy has begun distributing information to guide newcomers on the linguistic reality of the country, the importance of knowing Catalan, and places where they can learn it in their immediate surroundings. The Catalan Government wants to strengthen linguistic support from the moment immigrants arrive in Catalonia and register their address.

At a few minutes before noon, about twenty people gather in the gardens of Can Mantega, in the Sants neighborhood. The group jokes (in Catalan) to break the ice. The fact that such a large group uses Catalan on the streets of Barcelona is, unfortunately, becoming a situation that is almost endangered. However, the truth is that there are people eager to learn it, speak it, or improve their Catalan, as demonstrated by the Catalan conversation groups organized for years by the Coordinator of Associations for the Catalan Language (CAL) in various locations throughout the region.

In Jairon Orellana's most viral video, you can see how his boss speaks to him in Spanish at the construction site ("Jairon, are you done there or not?") and he answers him in Catalan ("We brought 20, 25 tiles more or less") and the man automatically speaks to him in Catalan. A sarcastic voice-over comments: "See? I made him speak Catalan."

Red signs in English have appeared on the streets of Barcelona, coworking spaces and macha tea bars. They invite you to learn Catalan in a different way: at the Ateneu Barcelonès. The century-old institution has created El Club de Català to help alleviate the lack of official training. Not only has it opened its classrooms for official courses run by the Consortium for Linguistic Normalization, which has sent nearly a hundred students, but it also has its own courses designed for foreigners. The idea is not to offer conventional, purely linguistic classes, but rather to offer a cultural approach, with theater outings, poetry readings, or, as the advertisement says, open-air sessions, at buzzing book club and beers at the garden bar.

Multilingualism is a reality that grows year after year due to phenomena such as immigration, tourism, and international mobility. Studies on multilingualism argue that families should maintain their own family language, because it conveys a wealth of family heritage that has social and emotional value. However, they should also incorporate the language of their place of residence into their repertoire as a first step toward integration and equal living. But how can this be done? How can a language (of any kind) be introduced into the family? And how is this done in the case of a minority language—like Catalan—that lacks the regulatory power of a state? Anna Solé Mena, who published Multilingual from the cradle (UOC, 2010), helps us outline five essential steps to adding a language at home.