Q&A: How can one parent pass on two languages?
Question Hello, My question is the following. I speak English, my husband speaks Russian, Hebrew and English. We would like to be able to give our daughter as many languages as possible. Is there a best way for one partner to teach two languages to the baby? (Also, my...
Q&A: Four languages: three in the family and a fourth in nursery – would it work?
Question Hi, I have a 5-month-old boy to whom I speak Swedish (my mother tongue). We live in Scotland and my husband speaks English to him. We can sort out this bilingual equation, as I consistently speak Swedish to him and sing/read/listen to music and will mostly...
Q&A: How to maintain two family languages for a trilingual child in an English-speaking environment?
Question Hello, I am a Spanish-speaker, my husband is a German-speaker and we live in England. Our three-year-old speaks very fluently both Spanish and German. She is remarkably good in both; I would say at least as good as children being raised with just one...
Q&A: How to help a school-aged child with grammar?
Question Dear Family Language Coaches, We are a bilingual family living in Germany near the Dutch border. I speak my native German with the kids and my husband his mother tongue Dutch. Our two eldest kids both went to German kindergarten until they were four and are...Newsletter
