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Q&A: How to introduce a family language to older children?

by Ute Limacher-Riebold | Apr 11, 2019 | Coaches, Q&A How to motivate a bilingual / multilingual child to speak a family language, School-aged children, Ute Limacher-Riebold

Question Hello! Thank you for the helpful articles! My husband’s mother is Finnish, and all her family is living in Finland or other parts or Europe. Fortunately, they all speak English well so we all can communicate well. However, my parents are Korean...

Q&A: How does moving to another country affect a child’s identity and languages?

by Ute Limacher-Riebold | Dec 10, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A Moving to another country with a bilingual / multilingual child, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Ute Limacher-Riebold

Question Dear Rita and the Multilingual Parenting Team, Thank you so much for this invaluable resource! I came across it today after a long discussion with my wife about our one-year-old son and our future plans, and wondered if it would be possible to help us...

Q&A: When to introduce the majority language to a homeschooled child speaking two minority languages?

by Ute Limacher-Riebold | Sep 3, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A The trilingual+ child, School-aged children, Ute Limacher-Riebold

Question Hi! My daughter just turned two and I've been speaking to her in Cantonese since she was born. My husband has been speaking to her in Korean. She currently speaks both languages well. We live in the US, so community language is English. I have yet to...

Q&A: How to choose the family language strategy for passing on three languages?

by Ute Limacher-Riebold | Aug 10, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Ute Limacher-Riebold

Question Dear Rita and all Family Language Coaches, First of all congratulations and many thanks for your website, such a great resource! Like many of your visitors me and my husband have diverse international backgrounds and are currently considering the best...

Q&A: How to maximise the family minority language exposure?

by Ute Limacher-Riebold | Jul 20, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Ute Limacher-Riebold

Question Hello I'd be so grateful for your advice. I am bilingual French-English. My husband speaks French, English, German and Swiss German. We started off living in French speaking Switzerland so I started speaking English at home to our then...

Q&A: Is a dual-language school a good choice for a bilingual child to become trilingual?

by Ute Limacher-Riebold | Jun 25, 2017 | Coaches, Non-native language, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Q&A When a bilingual / multilingual child goes to school, School-aged children, Ute Limacher-Riebold

Question Hello! My wife and I are native Russian speakers living in the United States. Our son is turning five in a few months and will start school. Our home language is 100% Russian. Our son speaks Russian at or slightly below the level of his peers in Russia...

Q&A: Should we switch our family language strategy to support the minority language?

by Ute Limacher-Riebold | Sep 24, 2015 | Coaches, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Ute Limacher-Riebold

Question Hi, My wife and I have so far adopted the OPOL strategy. Her native language is English, mine is Dutch, which is the majority language since we live in the Netherlands. Our two children have a clear preference for Dutch. They understand English perfectly...

Q&A: Will parents mixing languages confuse a bilingual child?

by Ute Limacher-Riebold | Apr 23, 2015 | Coaches, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Ute Limacher-Riebold

Question Both my husband and I are bilingual in French and English. We have exposed our daughter to both languages and I now realise that we may be confusing her as we both speak both to her... We currently live in an English-speaking country and plan to move back to...

Q&A: Helping bilingual children with homework – in which language?

by Ute Limacher-Riebold | Apr 2, 2015 | Coaches, Q&A When a bilingual / multilingual child goes to school, Ute Limacher-Riebold

Question Hi, firstly I wanted to thank-you for your blog, it brings me so much reassurance about bringing up my daughter and teaching her French. She soon turns 3 and is doing better and better in French. She's a little chatter box so because she likes talking so much...

Q&A: Bilingual toddler stops speaking

by Ute Limacher-Riebold | Feb 19, 2015 | Babies, Coaches, Q&A How to motivate a bilingual / multilingual child to speak a family language, Toddlers, Ute Limacher-Riebold

Question Hello, I have an 18-month-old. I speak only English to him. My husband spoke English and Spanish to him for the first 15 months and then decided to speak solely Spanish to him. He has been speaking to him only in Spanish since then. He started saying his...

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