Non-native language Archives – Page 2 of 8

Q&A: Is a dual-language school a good choice for a bilingual child to become trilingual?

by Ute Limacher-Riebold | Jun 25, 2017 | Coaches, Non-native language, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Q&A When a bilingual / multilingual child goes to school, School-aged children, Ute Limacher-Riebold

Question Hello! My wife and I are native Russian speakers living in the United States. Our son is turning five in a few months and will start school. Our home language is 100% Russian. Our son speaks Russian at or slightly below the level of his peers in Russia...

Q&A: Three languages and sign language – too much for a two-year old?

by Rita Rosenback | Jun 18, 2017 | Coaches, Non-native language, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R, Toddlers

Question Hello Looking for a suggestion for introducing my second languages to my toddler. My husband and I are native English speakers. I was a Spanish teacher for five years, so I speak it well, but I'm definitely missing lots of cultural background and...

Q&A: How many languages can/should parents introduce to a baby?

by Rita Rosenback | Jun 15, 2017 | Babies, Coaches, Non-native language, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R, Toddlers

Question Hello My wife and I are expecting and starting to think about how many languages we want teach our kids. Basically, our question boils down to, is it unrealistic to try for Bulgarian, English, Spanish, & Mandarin fluency, or should we just try for...

Q&A: How to support a bilingual child’s community language and maintain the family language?

by Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett | Jun 8, 2017 | Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett, Babies, Coaches, Non-native language, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A How to motivate a bilingual / multilingual child to speak a family language, Toddlers

Question Hello, I have been reading the posts on this site for a while, and they are amazing! Thanks for the effort. I got some questions regarding my son. Background about us: My wife and I were born and raised in Asia, and we're native Mandarin speakers. We...

Q&A: What to do when parents-to-be do not agree about raising bilingual children?

by Rita Rosenback | Apr 27, 2017 | Challenges, Coaches, Grandparents, Non-native language, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Rita R

Question Hello I'm recently engaged. My fiancé and I are discussing those premarital topics. Child rearing has come up. He only speaks English. My native language is English, but I'm majoring in Spanish. I brought up the fact that I absolutely want to bring up...

Q&A: Does a parent “mess up” a 2-year-old’s language development by speaking a non-native language?

by Rita Rosenback | Apr 16, 2017 | Challenges, Coaches, Language and bilingualism, Language development, Non-native language, Rita R

Question Hello My daughter and son-in-law have four daughters ages 8, 6, 4 and almost 2. "Dad" knows some Italian having lived in Italy a couple of years. He thinks he should have been bilingual with the first three daughters. He speaks only Italian to the...

8 tips to boost your family’s multilingual journey [guest post]

by Rita | Feb 22, 2017 | Guest post, How to motivate a bilingual / multilingual child to speak a family language, Non-native language, Practical advice

Today I am delighted to introduce you to our new Family Language Coach, Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett, a.k.a, Miss Panda Chinese. Amanda is a successful language instructor with over 15 years’ teaching experience in Taiwan, the U.S., Morocco, Canada, and Ecuador. She now...

Q&A: Should a parent stop speaking a non-native language so that a child does not get an accent?

by Rita Rosenback | Feb 2, 2017 | Challenges, Coaches, Language and bilingualism, Non-native language, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R

Question Hello, My family and I live in Iran. We don't have many bilinguals or multinationals in our country. People know a little English but not very much. I have a daughter, who is 6 years old. I am an English-teacher in my country, too. I teach kids under...

Q&A: Should parents always speak their native language with their children?

by Rita Rosenback | Jan 29, 2017 | Coaches, Language development, Non-native language, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R

Question Hello I work in a school and we have concerns about a child whose English vocabulary is very limited. Her mother (who is native English speaker but who spent part of her childhood in France) speaks to her in French at home. Father is absent so French...

Bilingual children – no language confusion!

by Rita | Jan 18, 2017 | Bilingualism, Challenges, Language development, Myths, Non-native language

We have answered more than two hundred questions on the topic of raising bilingual children, and the worry that gets mentioned most frequently is whether kids growing up to learn more than one language can get confused by the languages in their family and...

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