Coaches Archives – Page 3 of 47 – Multilingual Parenting

Q&A: How will having different school languages affect the sibling relationship?

by Rita Rosenback | Oct 4, 2018 | Coaches, Q&A When a bilingual / multilingual child goes to school, Rita R, School-aged children, Siblings

Question Hello, We are a trilingual family and our situation is quite complicated. My husband is Japanese, I am Taiwanese/Australian. We have two children a 4-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl. I speak native Mandarin and English and conversational Japanese,...

Q&A: How many languages can a child acquire in a multilingual family?

by Maria Babin | Sep 20, 2018 | Babies, Coaches, Maria Babin, Q&A The trilingual+ child

Question Hello, My name is Alexandra, I have a 10-month-old baby and I would like some advice about teaching her multiple languages. I come from Romania, my husband is from Mauritius Island and we live in Germany, but we speak English with each other. My native...

Q&A: How to add English as a third language for a 1-year-old?

by Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett | Sep 6, 2018 | Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett, Babies, Coaches, Language development, Non-native language, Q&A The trilingual+ child, School-aged children, Toddlers

Question Dear coaches, Thank you for the great website and taking time to help parents. Reading your answers to others' questions gave me some general ideas about my concerns but still I have some topics in mind to ask you. So first I give a summary of our situation....

Q&A: How to pass on two similar minority languages?

by Rita Rosenback | Aug 23, 2018 | Babies, Coaches, Language development, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R, School-aged children

Question Hello, I'm currently expecting a child and I am really torn about what language/ languages we should be talking to the baby in once he/she arrives. My husband and I speak English at home, my family speaks Spanish and his speaks Portuguese and English....

Q&A: How to pass on two heritage languages and an additional language to your children

by Maria Babin | Aug 2, 2018 | Coaches, Grandparents, Literacy, Maria Babin, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A The trilingual+ child, School-aged children

Question Hello! My name is Caroline and I am a native English speaker who has since become nearly fluent in Spanish. My husband is a native Korean speaker who speaks English as his second language. I have been studying Korean and am at an intermediate level....

Q&A: Which language(s) should a multilingual mother speak with her child?

by Rita Rosenback | Jun 14, 2018 | Babies, Coaches, Non-native language, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R

Question Dear Multilingual Parenting team, I am still in my early pregnancy, but like all ambitious mother to be, I’m already considering all kinds of scenarios regarding the baby’s future education. As a multilingual person, which language shall I speak to my...

Q&A: How to help a 7-year-old improve her spoken language skills?

by Rita Rosenback | May 31, 2018 | Coaches, Language development, Q&A How to motivate a bilingual / multilingual child to speak a family language, Rita R, School-aged children

Question Hi, My 7-year-old was born in Switzerland, but her father and I speak English at home. She has had some exposure to German since birth. She watches tv in German 5 days a week, attended two years of kindergarten and her first year of school in German,...

Q&A: How to pass on two minority languages? What about adding a fourth language?

by Rita Rosenback | May 18, 2018 | Babies, Coaches, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R, School-aged children

Question Hi, I have some questions concerning the language acquisition of my yet-to-be-born child. Her dad and I live in France and we always communicate in French, which is dad’s mother tongue and the only language he speaks fluently. We live in a 99% French...

Q&A: How to start speaking your native language after years of using the majority language with your child?

by Rita Rosenback | May 3, 2018 | Coaches, Language development, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R, School-aged children

Question Hello I'm very glad to find this website. I have three years old daughter. Our language is Urdu but we start communicating with our daughter in English. In start it was okay but now we are feeling difficulty to explain things to her in English as she...

Q&A: How to encourage a child’s minority languages and arrange language exposure?

by Rita Rosenback | Apr 20, 2018 | Coaches, Language development, Literacy, Q&A How to motivate a bilingual / multilingual child to speak a family language, Rita R, School-aged children

Question Hello, I am a Spanish native speaker living in Canada with my Jordanian husband and h little boys aged almost two and five. At home we speak three languages: me Spanish, husband Arabic and all of us English. My husband and I speak English to each...

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