Rita Rosenback, Author at Multilingual Parenting

Q&A: How to introduce two minority languages to your kids?

by Rita Rosenback | Dec 29, 2016 | Coaches, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R

Question Hi Rita, Thank you for the lovely pieces of advice. I am Mongolian and my husband is Italian. We have two kids aged four and and two years. We live in the U.K and we always used English at home. My daughters are absolutely great at talking and expressing...

Q&A: What to do when a bilingual school-aged child’s minority language is the stronger one?

by Rita Rosenback | Dec 22, 2016 | Coaches, Language development, Q&A How to motivate a bilingual / multilingual child to speak a family language, Rita R, School-aged children

Question Hello, I wonder if you have any recommendations. My daughter is seven and has lived in Italy since she was 8 months old, however she didn’t start going to school till she was 5. At home I (mom) speak to her in English only and everyone else (including...

Q&A: Deciding whether to speak a native dialect or an almost native language with a child

by Rita Rosenback | Dec 15, 2016 | Coaches, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R

Question Hi, I have been struggling with the decision of which language to speak to my daughter. She is now nine months old. So far I have spoken to her mainly in French. I am half British and half Moroccan. I grew up speaking English with my mother, Moroccan...

Q&A: How can a majority language parent help her child with two additional family languages?

by Rita Rosenback | Dec 11, 2016 | Coaches, Majority language parent, Non-native language, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R

Question Hello Rita and other coaches! I'm Italian, my husband is Egyptian and we're currently living in Italy. We have a 6-month-old baby girl to whom we're speaking our respective mother languages. I have a few concerns which I'd like to have your suggestion...

Q&A: Should a couple switch from English to the majority language as their common language?

by Rita Rosenback | Dec 8, 2016 | Coaches, Language development, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R

Question Hello, I just ran into your website and I loved it. I have a son who is 1.5 years old. I am Albanian, my husband is Spanish. We want to raise our son bilingual, so our plan is that I speak with him in Albanian only (minority language), and my husband...

Q&A: Bilingual parents – how to choose the home language and what to speak with your child?

by Rita Rosenback | Dec 4, 2016 | Coaches, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R

Question 1 Hello, I am a bilingual parent (majority English but fluent in Chinese) my wife is majority Chinese but also fluent in English. We currently speak Chinese at home to our 2-year-old son. Our assumption is that he will learn English naturally thru his...

Q&A: What if a parent does not understand the language a bilingual child learns first?

by Rita Rosenback | Dec 1, 2016 | Challenges, Coaches, Language development, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R

Question Hello, I'm pregnant with our first baby and start to be worried about the future language development of my son. I'm Polish, my fiancé is French and we communicate in English (I can't speak French and my fiancé can't speak Polish). Nevertheless, we live in...

Q&A: Should a parent stick to the minority language when others are around?

by Rita Rosenback | Nov 27, 2016 | Coaches, Grandparents, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R

Question Hi Rita, I recently was recommended your site to get advice how to raise my son bilingual. Our family background. We have a 1-year-old boy, who's just starting to form some sounds. My husband is British and I'm Hungarian, we live in the UK. So far I was...

Q&A: How to help a bilingual child with the majority language when using mL@H?

by Rita Rosenback | Nov 24, 2016 | Coaches, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R

Question Dear Coaches Thank you for the opportunity to ask a question! My name is Irina, I am Russian stay-at-home mum and I live in London with my English husband and our 6-year-old son. My husband knows Russian well, so we have chosen to speak Russian at home to...

Q&A: How can a teenager who understands the family’s minority language also learn to speak it?

by Rita Rosenback | Nov 17, 2016 | Coaches, Q&A How to motivate a bilingual / multilingual child to speak a family language, Rita R

Question Hello! My father was born and raised in Germany. He came to America when he was 17. When people hear that he is from Germany, they ask if I speak German as well. Unfortunately, he never spoke to me and my siblings in German when we were small, so...

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