Language and bilingualism Archives – Page 5 of 29

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: How is a baby’s language development impacted by a nanny’s language and accent?

by Mary-Pat O'Malley-Keighran | Jun 1, 2017 | Babies, Challenges, Coaches, Language development, Mary-Pat O'Malley-Keighran

Question Hello We are a Greek family living in Lausanne, Switzerland. We speak Greek at home and French at work. When my wife will return to work after her maternity leave, our daughter will be 8 months old. We plan to hire a full-time nanny until our daughter...

Q&A: Changing the language parents speak with a 1-year-old – is it too late and how to do it?

by Rita Rosenback | May 21, 2017 | Babies, Coaches, Language development, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Rita R

Question Hi there, I would like to ask for your advice. My husband is Portuguese and I am Hungarian and we live in England. Our daughter is almost one year old, and we mostly speak to her in English. She does hear conversations in both other languages, when we...

Q&A: How to pass on two minority languages in a multilingual environment?

by Rita Rosenback | May 11, 2017 | Coaches, Language development, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R

Question Hello, My name is Maria, I am Italian and together with my Libyan husband we have a 10-month-old son. Together we live in Malta, where our son was born. Our common language is English, since I do not understand Arabic and my husband doesn't understand...

Q&A: What to do when a multilingual child struggles when starting an immersion program?

by Rita Rosenback | May 7, 2017 | Coaches, Literacy, Q&A When a bilingual / multilingual child goes to school, Rita R

Question Hello! Question about 4th language. I am wondering if we made the right decision in sending our 6-year-old into an immersion program where she is introduced into her fourth language. We live in Canada in an English-speaking province within close...

Q&A: When and how to introduce the concept of different languages to a small bilingual child?

by Rita Rosenback | May 4, 2017 | Coaches, Language and bilingualism, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R

Question Hello! What age is appropriate to introduce the concept of language to a child? I don't mean teaching the child a second language but teaching him that there are different languages and that each one has a name. We use OPOL at home with our 3-year-old...

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...

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