by Rita | Oct 29, 2014 | Family life, Only happens to a bilingual
A completely fictional diary based on very real situations from bilingual families. Monday Went to the shop with our youngest daughter. She loves the game of me saying the words for everything, and she points at what feels like every single item in the shop and I...
by Rita | Oct 9, 2014 | Language, Only happens to a bilingual
Should you be able to speak a language without an accent to call yourself bilingual? Can you acquire a native-like accent in a language you learn later in life? Do others guess where your accent is from? Does it really matter? Do you care? I have recently discussed...
by Rita | Oct 1, 2014 | Language, Only happens to a bilingual
In a recent radio program on multilingualism the bilingual poet and Professor Gustavo Perez Firmat stated that he feels very differently about his two languages, with English being a happier language than Spanish. He also answered ‘Yes’ to the question whether he felt...
by Rita | Aug 27, 2014 | Bilingual baby, Bilingual teenagers, Challenges, Only happens to a bilingual
Kids tend to come with surprises – raising a child in more than one language can only add to the bewilderment. Bilingual children can certainly surprise their parents (and others), because they … … sometimes refuse to speak one of their languages There are several...
by Rita | Aug 20, 2014 | Family life, Only happens to a bilingual
No two multilingual families are the same and children learn their languages differently, but some things that parents of bilingual children experience seem to be universal. As a parent bringing up your child to speak more than one language, you… 1. Become more aware...
by Rita | Jul 2, 2014 | Bilingual benefits, Only happens to a bilingual, Top 10 most read posts
Throughout history bilingual people have been (and still are) asked some fairly silly questions. What if the shoe was on the other foot – what questions could we as bilinguals ask? 1 – What have you done to cure your monolingualism? Bilingual people have been...