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Q&A: How to choose the right trilingual family language strategy?

Q&A: How to choose the right trilingual family language strategy?

by Rita Rosenback | Jul 11, 2019 | Coaches, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R, School-aged children

  Question Hi Family Language Coaches, Thanks for sharing so many useful tips and resources – I just discovered your website's Q&A section and I really love it! I have a question about raising a trilingual child. I was...

Q&A: Do bilingual parents have to choose one of their languages to speak with a child?

Q&A: Do bilingual parents have to choose one of their languages to speak with a child?

by Rita Rosenback | Jun 27, 2019 | Coaches, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R, School-aged children

  Question Hi, I am Wadha from Kuwait. My partner and I live in Kuwait (Arabic is used in the community) and are bilingual parents: Arabic native speakers, but we both speak English as a second language. We have a two-month-old child and are planning to send her...

Q&A: Language elitism and how to address it

Q&A: Language elitism and how to address it

by Rita Rosenback | Jun 13, 2019 | Coaches, Language and bilingualism, Non-native language, Rita R

Question Hello, I'm a Russian mother living in the U.S with my two sons, ages 13 and 9. I may be an odd one out compared to other parents in regard to languages. My husband and I speak a mix of Russian and English, and though my boys understand Russian, they prefer to...

Q&A: Should parents of bilingual children not speak the majority language at all?

Q&A: Should parents of bilingual children not speak the majority language at all?

by Rita Rosenback | May 23, 2019 | Coaches, Majority language parent, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R, School-aged children

  Question Hello! We are Americans living in Kuopio, Finland (for over 10 years). We have a daughter who is almost 19 months and goes to Finnish päiväkoti (=kindergarten). I was told by the neuvola doctor (paediatrician) to not mix languages and only speak...

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

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: When others object to you speaking a non-native language with your children

Q&A: When others object to you speaking a non-native language with your children

by Rita Rosenback | Apr 25, 2019 | Coaches, Non-native language, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R

  Question Hello I´m a native speaker of Spanish and fluent in English, currently raising a 14-month-old boy in English. I speak to him in English 100% of the time while my husband speaks in Spanish (the community language as we live in Spain). My question is how...

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

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 change a situation where one parent feels left out in a multilingual family?

Q&A: How to change a situation where one parent feels left out in a multilingual family?

by Rita Rosenback | Mar 14, 2019 | Challenges, Coaches, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R

  Question Hello, My wife and I were ethnically Chinese, but she was mostly raised in Japan and considers her native language Japanese. Before we had our first child, we spoke a mix of Mandarin and English at home. While I have familiarity with Japanese (just...

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

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?

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...

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