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Q&A: Should a mL@H family switch strategy to support a child’s school language?

by Marianna Du Bosq | Jan 21, 2018 | Coaches, Marianna DuBosq, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, School-aged children

Question Hello, My husband and I live in Chicago and both speak Spanish and English. My native language is English and his is Spanish. We have both spoken to our 19-Month-old daughter in Spanish since birth as we figured that eventually she would inevitably...

Q&A: How to choose the additional language to teach a toddler?

by Rita Rosenback | Jan 14, 2018 | Coaches, Non-native language, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R, Toddlers

Question Hi, My husband and I have an 18-month-old son who we would like to raise bilingually in Austin Texas, USA, but we are having a hard time deciding which language to teach him. Predominant languages in our city environment: English and Spanish...

Q&A: How to introduce German alongside three other family languages?

by Rita Rosenback | Jan 7, 2018 | Coaches, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R

Question Dear multilingual parenting team, My name is Wioletta and I am a Pole who has lived in England for 12 years now. My partner is Scottish. We have a 3-month-old daughter to whom I speak exclusively in Polish and he does in English and Scottish. I am...

Q&A: How to introduce English to a toddler in an environment with limited language resources?

by Rita Rosenback | Dec 28, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A How to motivate a bilingual / multilingual child to speak a family language, Rita R, Toddlers

Question Dear Coaches I can't say how grateful I am to you because of this wonderful website! I and my wife have an 18-month-old daughter. We are both Iranian from North West region in which Azeri (a dialect of Turkish language) is the dominant spoken language....

Q&A: How strict should OPOL-parents be with their languages when speaking to a small child?

by Rita Rosenback | Dec 17, 2017 | Coaches, Language development, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Rita R

Question Good day, Thank you for the good advice on multilingual parenting. I am Dutch and married to a Jordanian (Arabic-speaking). We talk English amongst each other but try to stick with our mother tongues (Dutch and Arabic) when talking to our 15-month-old son. He...

3 lessons blogging taught me about bilingualism [guest post]

by Rita | Dec 13, 2017 | Bilingualism, Choosing the right family language strategy, Guest post, Language development

Today’s guest writer is Marieke Romano-van den Hoek, a 33-year-old mother-of-two, who blogs at Speaking More Languages, where she shares her family’s experiences of bilingual upbringing. Marieke lives in Holland with her Italian husband and they raise their children...

Q&A: How does moving to another country affect a child’s identity and languages?

by Ute Limacher-Riebold | Dec 10, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A Moving to another country with a bilingual / multilingual child, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Ute Limacher-Riebold

Question Dear Rita and the Multilingual Parenting Team, Thank you so much for this invaluable resource! I came across it today after a long discussion with my wife about our one-year-old son and our future plans, and wondered if it would be possible to help us...

Q&A: How does a third language through daycare affect a child’s minority language?

by Rita Rosenback | Dec 3, 2017 | Babies, Coaches, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Q&A When a bilingual / multilingual child goes to school, Rita R

Question Dear Rita and all the Family Language Coaches, Let me begin by thanking you for providing such a fantastic resource for multilingual families! I would really appreciate your input on developing a family language strategy for my 15-month-old son. I was born in...

Q&A: How to juggle several languages in the home – what if you move?

by Rita Rosenback | Nov 26, 2017 | Coaches, Non-native language, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A Moving to another country with a bilingual / multilingual child, Rita R

Question Hello, congratulations for the excellent website! It's great to hear about the experiences of other multilingual families and be able to get advice from a Family Language Coach, as it is often difficult to decide how to handle this subject. I would...

Q&A: How to correct a trilingual child’s pronunciation?

by Mary-Pat O'Malley-Keighran | Nov 19, 2017 | Challenges, Coaches, Language development, Mary-Pat O'Malley-Keighran, Q&A The trilingual+ child

Question Hello! My husband and I live in Belgium and before the birth of our son we were speaking English to each other. However due to our complex family and cultural situation we decided to step away from English and limit the languages to three only. Our son...

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