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Q&A: How not to exclude others when you speak a minority language with your child?

by Rita Rosenback | Feb 26, 2017 | Babies, Challenges, Coaches, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R

Question Hello, I am from Hungary and live in the UK with my British husband. At home we speak English, as my husband doesn't speak much Hungarian. We have a 3-month-old baby, with whom I have been talking in Hungarian when it is just the two of us, or if we are in...

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: How to do OPOL as parents if you are used to mixing languages?

by Rita Rosenback | Feb 16, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Rita R

Question Hello My wife is Australian, I am Flemish (Dutch-speaking Belgium) and that is also where we live. We are expecting and want our child to be bilingual English-Dutch to pass on both of our cultural identities. Nowadays, since my wife's Dutch has become...

Q&A: How to engage a 10-year-old to speak the minority language and expand his vocabulary?

by Rita Rosenback | Feb 12, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A How to motivate a bilingual / multilingual child to speak a family language, Rita R

Question Hello! Great website – thank you for taking the time to do this! We have two kids raised from birth bilingual in Italian and English. BUT dad speaks only one of the languages (English) and we're living in the US where foreign languages are fairly...

Q&A: “Am I a poor parent for not speaking the minority language with our child?”

by Rita Rosenback | Feb 9, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R

Question Hello I have question and maybe this may seem silly, but do you think that the fact that parents who don’t teach or raise their kids as native bilinguals are “poor parents”? My son is 7. He speaks predominantly English at home but can communicate a...

Grandparents as language support for bilingual children

by Rita | Feb 8, 2017 | Grandparents, How to motivate a bilingual / multilingual child to speak a family language

As parents raising bilingual children we know how important it is to give our kids as varied an exposure to their languages as possible. This becomes even more crucial if we are passing on a minority language. Building a network of people who can support us in this...

Q&A: How to reintroduce a minority language to a speech-delayed child and a younger sibling?

by Mary-Pat O'Malley-Keighran | Feb 5, 2017 | Challenges, Coaches, Language development, Mary-Pat O'Malley-Keighran, Q&A How to motivate a bilingual / multilingual child to speak a family language, Siblings

Question Hello, I am German and, my now, ex-husband is English/Australian. The kids spend half of the week with him and the other half with me. I used to talk German to my son from birth onward, but when he was diagnosed with a speech delay which was luckily...

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...

Q&A: Is a dual-language school which introduces a third language the right choice for a bilingual child?

by Rita Rosenback | Jan 26, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A When a bilingual / multilingual child goes to school, Rita R, School-aged children

Question Hi, I have a 4-year-old son. We live in Los Angeles. I'm originally from India and native Hindi speaker. My husband is American and monolingual (English). Since my son's birth I've been on a mission to teach him Hindi. I'm proud to say that he...

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