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Q&A: How can a small bilingual child learn two additional languages?

by Rita Rosenback | Sep 17, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R, Siblings

Question Dear Coaches, I would greatly appreciate your advice regarding raising a multilingual son in the following language environment: I would like my son to speak English, Hungarian, German and Spanish. We live in the US, my husband is American and only...

Q&A: How to balance the exposure to two minority languages for a trilingual (-to-be) child?

by Rita Rosenback | Sep 14, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R

Question Hello, I have been reading a lot on your website and have found a lot of interesting stories and insights! I am Franco-Chinese with French and Chinese as my mother tongues, my partner is British and we live in London. I am pregnant and I am keen to...

Q&A: How to prioritise between several family languages for your multilingual child?

by Marianna Du Bosq | Sep 7, 2017 | Coaches, Marianna DuBosq, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family

Question Dear Sir/Madam Our daughter is almost 15 months old and we are seeking your advice on how to work on her languages. Here is the situation in our family: My native languages are Turkish and Russian. My husband's native language is English. We currently...

Q&A: When to introduce the majority language to a homeschooled child speaking two minority languages?

by Ute Limacher-Riebold | Sep 3, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A The trilingual+ child, School-aged children, Ute Limacher-Riebold

Question Hi! My daughter just turned two and I've been speaking to her in Cantonese since she was born. My husband has been speaking to her in Korean. She currently speaks both languages well. We live in the US, so community language is English. I have yet to...

Q&A: How can a single parent raise a bilingual child?

by Mary-Pat O'Malley-Keighran | Aug 31, 2017 | Babies, Coaches, Language development, Mary-Pat O'Malley-Keighran, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Single parent

Question Hey, I decided long time ago that I would want to make my possible future children multilingual. I have lived years abroad (English was and still is my study and work language), but recently moved back to Finland. I'm a native Finnish-speaker, but...

Q&A: English-only or dual-language school for a trilingual child?

by Rita Rosenback | Aug 27, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Q&A When a bilingual / multilingual child goes to school, Rita R, School-aged children

Question Hello, We have two pre-schoolers (4 and 1.5 years old respectively) who are growing up as trilinguals. I am Korean, and my husband is Persian. We are also fortunate that we live with our mother-in-law who speaks only Farsi and helps raise our children...

Q&A: Should parents ditch English as the family language to support their child’s minority languages?

by Rita Rosenback | Aug 24, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R

Question Hi there! First of all, thank you so much for good work on the subject. I have been looking for such a blog for ages and now my wife found it 🙂 We also have a question regarding raising our son to be trilingual. I have read thru all the other cases,...

Q&A: Who should speak what language when in a family with three languages to raise a trilingual child?

by Rita Rosenback | Aug 20, 2017 | Babies, Coaches, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R

Question Hello, We're a multilingual family living in France. My name is Teresa and I'm Spanish, my husband is French and our common language is English (we started our relationship in California). Now we can communicate in French and Spanish also but we...

Q&A: Should a bilingual family swap from OPOL to mL@H when moving to a new country?

by Rita Rosenback | Aug 17, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A Moving to another country with a bilingual / multilingual child, Rita R

Question Hello, thank you so much for this website, it has been such a great resource and source of positive reassurance on our journey to raise bilingual children. I have a question regarding switching the language method in the family. My husband is American,...

Q&A: How to motivate a school-aged child to speak the family’s minority language?

by Mary-Pat O'Malley-Keighran | Aug 13, 2017 | Coaches, Language development, Mary-Pat O'Malley-Keighran, Q&A How to motivate a bilingual / multilingual child to speak a family language, Q&A When a bilingual / multilingual child goes to school, School-aged children

Question Hi, I have an 8-year-old son who had speech problems when he was little. He did not really start talking until maybe two. I was forced to choose a language for his speech therapy classes, I chose English. My problem now is that he understands Spanish...

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