Q&A: How to help a small bilingual child with the community language?

Q&A: How to help a small bilingual child with the community language?

  Question Hi! I am worried about my daughter who is three and a half years old. She was born in Sweden, but I raise her by myself and we speak only Dutch at our home. Her Dutch is fluent, and she has been very talkative for a long time, she speaks in long fluent...

Q&A: How to help a toddler exposed to several languages with her speech development?

Q&A: How to help a toddler exposed to several languages with her speech development?

  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 can a monolingual professional offer Speech and Language Therapy for a bilingual child?

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

  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...

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

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

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....