Rita Rosenback, Author at Multilingual Parenting

Q&A: The majority language parent also speaking a non-native minority language – recommendations?

by Rita Rosenback | Nov 13, 2016 | Coaches, Majority language parent, Non-native language, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Rita R

Question Thank you so much for your website and for the opportunity to ask a question. My French husband and I have a 4-month-old daughter who we would like to raise bilingual in Australia. English is my first language, and my French is average. My husband and I...

Q&A: How to get the minority languages of the family back on track?

by Rita Rosenback | Nov 10, 2016 | Coaches, Grandparents, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Q&A How to motivate a bilingual / multilingual child to speak a family language, Rita R, Siblings

Question Hi Rita and team, Could you help me with advice on an upcoming dilemma? We're a family with three languages in the house but every family member's ability and willingness to speak them vary greatly. Dad is Spanish, is fluent in English and understands...

Q&A: How to choose the common language in a multilingual family?

by Rita Rosenback | Nov 6, 2016 | Coaches, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Rita R

Question Dear Coaches, first of all, thank you for a very helpful website! I have also read the book Rita wrote about raising a bilingual child, which I found very helpful when starting on planning the way with the languages in our family. First the facts about...

Q&A: How to combine OPOL and the needs of an extended multilingual family?

by Rita Rosenback | Nov 3, 2016 | Coaches, Grandparents, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Rita R

Question Hello, I'm very glad I found the article about the 2 parents, 2 languages (2P2L) family language strategy as it touches on some questions that have been bugging me ever since my daughter (18mths) was born. My husband (Spanish) and I (bilingual English/German)...

Q&A: Can a child become fluent in a language after the age of six or seven?

by Rita Rosenback | Oct 30, 2016 | Coaches, Q&A How to motivate a bilingual / multilingual child to speak a family language, Rita R

Question Hi Rita We're a monolingual (Spanish) couple living in Spain. Nevertheless, we're are raising our 4-year-old daughter multilingual. I always speak English to her and to my husband. But I speak French to her one hour a day. My husband speaks Spanish to her and...

Q&A: How to support a trilingual child when the minority languages are similar?

by Rita Rosenback | Oct 27, 2016 | Coaches, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R

Question Dear Rita, My wife and I read your book and we strongly recommend it for other multilingual families. My wife is Russian, I am Serbian and we live in London. We are sticking to the golden rule that mother speaks exclusively Russian to him, daddy speaks...

Q&A: How to motivate a reluctant 3-year-old to speak the minority language?

by Rita Rosenback | Oct 23, 2016 | Coaches, Q&A How to motivate a bilingual / multilingual child to speak a family language, Rita R, Siblings

Question Dear Family Language Coaches. We live in South Africa, I grew up in Germany and my husband grew up Afrikaans. Our daughter is three years old and I speak German with her, while my husband (and the rest of the family) speak Afrikaans. At kindergarten she is...

Q&A: Which language to speak when in a multilingual family?

by Rita Rosenback | Oct 20, 2016 | Coaches, Family life, Non-native language, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Rita R

Question Dear Rita and Multilingual Parenting Team, First of all, I would like to thank you and the rest of the team for a great website, it has been very useful since I started investigating about multilingual education. I am sending you our questions because I could...

Q&A: What is the best way for one parent to pass on two languages?

by Rita Rosenback | Oct 16, 2016 | Coaches, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Rita R

Question Hello Family Language Coaches, I have a question on one parent passing on two languages: I was born in the US to Korean parents. My parents spoke English to me instead of their heritage language, even going so far as to read to me in English every...

Q&A: In which language should children watch films in an OPOL-family?

by Rita Rosenback | Oct 13, 2016 | Coaches, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R

Question Hello everyone! My partner and I bring up our children (3 and 4 years old) bilingually. I speak English as I am from England and my partner speaks German as he comes from Germany. The children’s biological father also speaks German to the children as he is...

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