Coaches Archives – Page 24 of 47 – Multilingual Parenting

Q&A: Teaching a possibly dyslexic child to read and write in the minority language.

by Rita Rosenback | Jul 23, 2015 | Challenges, Coaches, Literacy, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R, Teenagers

Question I am a Swedish national living in the UK with my husband and 10-year-old daughter. The main language we speak at home is English, and Swedish is the minority language. My husband does not speak Swedish, whereas our daughter speaks it more or less fluently,...

Q&A: For our child, should we maintain a heritage language or go for the easier option?

by Maria Babin | Jul 16, 2015 | Babies, Coaches, Grandparents, Maria Babin, Practical advice, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family

Question Dear Family Language Coaches, My first son will soon be born and my husband and I have to make the difficult decision which languages to speak with him. I am German and we are living in Germany. So one of his languages will definitely be German. My husband’s...

Q&A: Should grandparents avoid code-switching when talking to their grandchildren?

by Marianna Du Bosq | Jul 9, 2015 | Coaches, Grandparents, Marianna DuBosq, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family

Question I was raised bilingual in Mexico City (and have always lived in Mexico City). My father is Mexican and my mother is from Boston MA. My two boys were raised bilingual. My concern is this: my daughter-in-law (Mexican) and son who now live in Rio Rancho N.M. are...

Q&A: Should we choose the majority language or a third one as our family language?

by Rita Rosenback | Jul 2, 2015 | Coaches, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Rita R

Question Hello, We are Czech-Finnish couple living for 3 years in Finland and we just got our first child. We tried to agree on our family-language-strategy before our son was born, but we couldn´t agree on one. What was sure was, that each one of us wants to speak to...

Q&A: How to introduce my native language to my bilingual school-age children?

by Nick Jaworski | Jun 25, 2015 | Coaches, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, School-aged children

Question Hello, let me introduce myself to guide you to my request/question. My name is Rita, born in Slovak republic from a Hungarian mother and a Palestinian father. I lived all my childhood in the United Arab Emirates where Arabic and English are the languages...

Q&A: Should I switch to using my native language with my bilingual children?

by Nick Jaworski | Jun 18, 2015 | Challenges, Coaches, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family

Question Hello, We are a family of four, two kids, age 5.5 and 2. Father is fluent in Arabic, French and English. I, the stay-at-home mother, am fluent in English and semi-fluent in Arabic. We live in the US, talk to Arab relatives on Skype weekly, and spend a month...

Q&A: What questions should we ask the teacher of our bilingual child?

by Marianna Du Bosq | Jun 11, 2015 | Coaches, Marianna DuBosq, Q&A When a bilingual / multilingual child goes to school

Question Hi there, I am hoping you can give me some advice. I am from England however I live in Brazil and I have a son Josh who will be four in July. My husband is Brazilian and our home language is English. Josh has for the past four months been attending a private...

Q&A: Two family languages, children want to speak only one

by Nick Jaworski | Jun 4, 2015 | Coaches, Q&A How to motivate a bilingual / multilingual child to speak a family language

Question Hi, I was wondering if you could give me some feedback on how to encourage my passive bilingual kids to "produce" or speak the minority language in our home. I have 4 children ages 10, 9, 6 and 4. Both my husband and I are bilingual English/Arabic speakers. I...

Q&A: How can monolingual parents keep up with their bilingual children?

by Rita Rosenback | May 28, 2015 | Coaches, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R

Question Hello! My husband and I are both monolingual English speakers living in the southern United States. When our daughter was born, we fell in love with a Spanish-Immersion daycare in our area and our daughter has attended full-time since 14 months old (she is...

Q&A: How to cope with multiple languages in a family?

by Rita Rosenback | May 21, 2015 | Coaches, Practical advice, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Rita R

Question My wife and I are having a baby, we are truly excited but we are scared about the language in how to educate our child. We are of different nationalities, Portuguese and Russian, we live in Germany (since one year) and our common language is English (our...

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