by Rita | Apr 27, 2016 | Bilingual benefits, Language, Only happens to a bilingual
Fantastic interview with Professor François Grosjean, my all-time favourite specialist on bilingualism, conducted by Fabrice Jaumont, Education Attaché at the Cultural Services in New York. The video is brimming with useful information, to-the-point observations and...
by Rita | Jul 1, 2015 | Challenges, Language, Only happens to a bilingual
This is an extended version of a post from January 2013. If you are a bilingual like me, you know we all do it – mix our languages when we speak to other bilinguals. When we cannot think of a word in one language or if there is a better expression for what we want to...
by Rita | Jan 28, 2015 | Bilingual teenagers, Family life, Only happens to a bilingual
Bringing up your children to speak more than one language has many benefits – this has been proven both through research and personal experiences of bilinguals themselves. If you have read my posts before, you know that I often emphasize the benefits to the extended...
by Rita | Dec 10, 2014 | Bilingual baby, Family life, Only happens to a bilingual
Further diary entries from the 100% fictional but totally real mother living with the ups and downs of raising bilingual children in a new home country. Monday Only two weeks to go now! All the gifts have been ordered – fingers crossed everything arrives in time...
by Rita | Nov 12, 2014 | Family life, Only happens to a bilingual
Monday I really can’t sing … but I want my daughter to hear the songs my mum sung to me when I was little, so I do it anyway. D does fall asleep a lot quicker when I sing to her, but maybe she just pretends to sleep so she doesn’t have to listen that long … That said...
by Rita | Nov 5, 2014 | Family life, Only happens to a bilingual
The next installment from the fictional, but oh, so real diary of a bilingual mother. Monday I must get some new books to read to my kids. I know repetition is good, but I am really getting enough of the inquisitive puppy who gets into all sorts of trouble, not to...