Children by age Archives – Page 7 of 29

Q&A: How to pass on and maintain three languages in a family facing a possible move?

by Rita Rosenback | May 25, 2017 | Babies, Coaches, Q&A Moving to another country with a bilingual / multilingual child, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R

Question Hello! I have a question about raising a trilingual child and I need some guidance on that! My name is Daniela. My first language is Brazilian Portuguese. My Indian husband is a Hindi-speaker. We live in the United States where I am a PhD student. We...

Q&A: Changing the language parents speak with a 1-year-old – is it too late and how to do it?

by Rita Rosenback | May 21, 2017 | Babies, Coaches, Language development, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Rita R

Question Hi there, I would like to ask for your advice. My husband is Portuguese and I am Hungarian and we live in England. Our daughter is almost one year old, and we mostly speak to her in English. She does hear conversations in both other languages, when we...

Q&A: Big sister’s concerns about the language choices for her little sister

by Rita Rosenback | May 18, 2017 | Babies, Challenges, Coaches, Q&A When a bilingual / multilingual child goes to school, Rita R, Siblings

Question Hey there! I am not a parent, just an older sister whose parents are struggling with handling this whole bi-/tri-/quadri-lingual situation. All they ever say is "don't forget Chinese", and it seems like they're dismissing some other important concerns...

Q&A: How to choose the school language for a bilingual child in a multilingual society?

by Rita Rosenback | Apr 20, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A When a bilingual / multilingual child goes to school, Rita R, School-aged children

Question Hello, I am from a small town in South Africa where the two dominant languages are English and Afrikaans. I have been English my whole life but married an Afrikaans man. We have a two-year-old who has been exposed to both languages from birth but he...

Q&A: Is it too late for a parent to start speaking a family language with a 2-year-old?

by Rita Rosenback | Apr 13, 2017 | Babies, Coaches, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R

Question Dear Coaches, I am Chinese and my husband is Dutch. We live in the Netherlands. My daughter is two years. Now she speaks Dutch but very little Chinese. In the beginning when she was born, I tried to speak Chinese to her, but when everyone around...

Q&A: How to pick the right language combination for a baby in a multilingual family?

by Rita Rosenback | Apr 6, 2017 | Babies, Coaches, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R

Question Hello, I have a kind of complex situation when it comes to picking my child's languages. I grew up in the USA with a family with Frisian/Dutch and Brazilian sides, but only used English growing up aside from infrequent exposures to Portuguese and...

Q&A: How to pass on two minority languages, one of them being a rare language?

by Rita Rosenback | Apr 2, 2017 | Babies, Coaches, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R

Question Hello I am wondering what strategy to take. I am a native English-speaker who grew up bilingual in English and Assyrian. My husband is German, but speaks English to a native level. I am the stepmother to his lovely 6-year-old (monolingual) German...

Q&A: What are the implications of switching the language you speak with your baby?

by Rita Rosenback | Mar 16, 2017 | Babies, Challenges, Coaches, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R

Question Dear Language Coaches, Can you please give any advice on my family's language situation? My wife is fluent in both English and Afrikaans, with HL (home language) Afrikaans. My HL is English and my Afrikaans is good enough for us to successfully...

How to use “monolingual toys” to motivate bilingual children

by Rita | Mar 15, 2017 | How to motivate a bilingual / multilingual child to speak a family language, Practical advice, Toddlers

“How do I introduce another language for my toddler?” “How can I motivate my little one to speak my language?” “How to have fun when practicing the kids’ minority language?” These are questions I often get in the queries sent to our team of Family Language...

Q&A: Should a parent change the language spoken with a child in anticipation of an international move?

by Rita Rosenback | Mar 12, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A Moving to another country with a bilingual / multilingual child, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R, School-aged children

Question Hello! We are a Spanish\Catalan family who has lived in China for nearly four years and our child speaks the three languages without no problem as we do OPOL and she goes to a Chinese school. We are planning to move to England in November or so, so we...

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