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Q&A: How to encourage a child’s minority languages and arrange language exposure?

Q&A: How to encourage a child’s minority languages and arrange language exposure?

by Rita | Apr 20, 2018 | Coaches

Question   Hello, I am a Spanish native speaker living in Canada with my Jordanian husband and h little boys aged almost two and five. At home we speak three languages: me Spanish, husband Arabic and all of us English. My husband and I speak English to each other. I...
Q&A: Worried mother: my bilingual 2-year-old is not talking – what to do?

Q&A: Worried mother: my bilingual 2-year-old is not talking – what to do?

by Mary-Pat O'Malley-Keighran | Jan 25, 2018 | Coaches

  Question Hello I’m hoping you might be able to help me. I’m a first-time mummy and very worried about my 22-month-old.  Her understanding is phenomenal, but she refuses to speak. She will say mama, dada, yaya (grandmummy), daddina (grandfather) and about...
Q&A: “Will my grandson ever learn English, or will he have a strong accent?”

Q&A: “Will my grandson ever learn English, or will he have a strong accent?”

by Rita | Oct 29, 2017 | Coaches

  Question Hello My English son married a Mexican girl and their son was born in the US where they still live. My daughter-in-law speaks English but with a very heavy accent and she has found this to be a great disadvantage life and work wise, as where they live there...
Q&A: When to introduce a family language to a child who will attend a trilingual school?

Q&A: When to introduce a family language to a child who will attend a trilingual school?

by Rita Rosenback | Oct 1, 2017 | Coaches

  Question Hi I live in Hong Kong where almost everyone is trilingual speaking Cantonese, Mandarin and English. The school I will send my baby, who is five months now, is a trilingual school that will begin at the age of two (Cantonese, Mandarin and English). My...
Q&A: How far behind can parents expect a bilingual child’s second language to be?

Q&A: How far behind can parents expect a bilingual child’s second language to be?

by Rita Rosenback | Jul 27, 2017 | Coaches

  Question Hello, I have a three-year-old daughter who is bilingual. I speak exclusively English and my husband speaks exclusively Czech to her (since birth). In a typical day, she is exposed to about 70% English and 30% Czech. She listens to music and looks at books...
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