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Q&A: Should parents raising bilingual children avoid code-switching?

by Rita Rosenback | May 9, 2019 | Babies, Coaches, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R, School-aged children

Question Hello, My name is Benedicte, and my husband and I are expecting a baby boy in the next few weeks. We live in France and are both bilingual French-English. My husband was raised by an American father and French mother. I was raised by French-speaking...

Q&A: How to convince a 3-year-old to answer in the minority language?

by Rita Rosenback | Mar 28, 2019 | Babies, Coaches, Q&A How to motivate a bilingual / multilingual child to speak a family language, Rita R, Toddlers

Question Hello I'm British, living in France for the past 13 years. I speak French to my French husband, and we have two girls, a 3-year-old and a new-born. Our 3-year-old was a late speaker (first words at 17 months) and I am the only person who speaks English...

Q&A: How to help a small bilingual child with the community language?

by Mary-Pat O'Malley-Keighran | Feb 27, 2019 | Babies, Coaches, Language development, Literacy, Mary-Pat O'Malley-Keighran, Q&A How to motivate a bilingual / multilingual child to speak a family language, School-aged children

Question Hi! I am worried about my daughter who is three and a half years old. She was born in Sweden, but I raise her by myself and we speak only Dutch at our home. Her Dutch is fluent, and she has been very talkative for a long time, she speaks in long fluent...

Q&A: Which language will be dominant for a bilingual baby being exposed to two languages?

by Rita Rosenback | Feb 14, 2019 | Babies, Coaches, Language and bilingualism, Language development, Rita R

Question Hello! I have a 6-month-old son with my husband. We live in the US, and my mother-in-law speaks only Spanish to my son while she is taking care of him (M-F, 7-4:30pm). My husband is from Mexico, and I am from the United States. My husband and I speak...

Q&A: The other parent does not understand your language – should you speak it with your baby?

by Rita Rosenback | Jan 31, 2019 | Babies, Coaches, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R, School-aged children

Question Hello, I’m so happy to stumble upon this website. It is lovely to see that we are not the only one with many MANY questions about raising a multilingual individual and that there is help out there 🙂 Here is our situation: Our son is 4 months old and we...

Q&A: How to support a bilingual child with dyslexia?

by Mary-Pat O'Malley-Keighran | Jan 17, 2019 | Babies, Challenges, Coaches, Language development, Mary-Pat O'Malley-Keighran, School-aged children

Question Hello, Can you please advise us on the following with regards to a 7-year-old? The boy’s mother is Australian, the father who he visits is Australian. His step father is from Pakistan and speaks Urdu, English and Arabic. The boy has been to Arabic...

Q&A: How can a single parent raise a bilingual and bicultural child?

by Rita Rosenback | Jan 3, 2019 | Babies, Coaches, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R, School-aged children, Single parent

Question Hello! I’m expecting my first child in February. I’m going to be a single parent – my son’s father is Mexican and I’m white. My son’s father will not be in his life whatsoever, but I want my son to know his culture and know who he is on the inside. I want him...

Q&A: Bilingual or trilingual – how to choose the languages for a baby?

by Rita Rosenback | Dec 13, 2018 | Babies, Coaches, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R, School-aged children, Siblings

Question Hi there, First of all, thanks for all the answers to similar questions and your effort to help parents deal with this delicate issue. I have read through several but still have some questions which hopefully you can help me with. First some context:...

Q&A: How to help a toddler exposed to several languages with her speech development?

by Rita Rosenback | Nov 1, 2018 | Babies, Coaches, Language development, Q&A How to motivate a bilingual / multilingual child to speak a family language, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R, Toddlers

Question Hi, My first language is Arabic, my 2-year-old child is American. Me and my daughter live in Netherlands where people speak Dutch. I don't know which language my daughter will end up speaking. I talk to her mostly in English, but sometimes in Arabic. I...

Q&A: How to choose the languages for a baby in a multilingual family?

by Rita Rosenback | Oct 28, 2018 | Babies, Non-native language, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R, School-aged children

Question Dear Family Language Coaches, I have a question about raising our first born (due in two months) multi-lingual which I was hoping you could kindly help us with. My wife is Ukrainian and speaks Russian (native) and English (not fully fluent, but quite...

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