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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 pass on not only the heritage language, but also the culture to the next generation?

by Rita Rosenback | Nov 29, 2018 | Coaches, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R

Question Hello, My question doesn't really pertain to language specifically, but the idea of culture. My kids are fine in terms of their mother tongue since my husband cannot speak English and only Hindi, and that my English is not too fluent. So they are...

Q&A: How to support a child’s minority language which you are not fluent in?

by Rita Rosenback | Nov 16, 2018 | Coaches, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R, School-aged children

Question Hi! My question might be a bit complicated. I have a 17-month-old daughter. I speak Hungarian to her, my husband speaks Spanish and we speak in English with each other. We currently live in Hungary and the main language of the community is Hungarian....

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...

Q&A: How can a monolingual professional offer Speech and Language Therapy for a bilingual child?

by Mary-Pat O'Malley-Keighran | Oct 25, 2018 | Challenges, Coaches, Language development, Mary-Pat O'Malley-Keighran, School-aged children

Question Hello, I am a Speech Language Pathologist in a school setting. I evaluated a 2 year 10 month old child who is a dual language learner. Dad speaks native language and English. Mom speaks native language and is just now learning English. Dad is concerned...

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