Question Dear Family Language Coaches, I have a question about raising our first born (due in two months) multi-lingual which I was hoping you could kindly help us with. My wife is Ukrainian and speaks Russian (native) and English (not fully fluent, but quite...
Q&A: How to add English as a third language for a 1-year-old?
Question Dear coaches, Thank you for the great website and taking time to help parents. Reading your answers to others' questions gave me some general ideas about my concerns but still I have some topics in mind to ask you. So first I give a summary of our situation....
Q&A: How to pass on two similar minority languages?
Question Hello, I'm currently expecting a child and I am really torn about what language/ languages we should be talking to the baby in once he/she arrives. My husband and I speak English at home, my family speaks Spanish and his speaks Portuguese and English....
Q&A: How to pass on two heritage languages and an additional language to your children
Question Hello! My name is Caroline and I am a native English speaker who has since become nearly fluent in Spanish. My husband is a native Korean speaker who speaks English as his second language. I have been studying Korean and am at an intermediate level....
Q&A: How to pass on two minority languages? What about adding a fourth language?
Question Hi, I have some questions concerning the language acquisition of my yet-to-be-born child. Her dad and I live in France and we always communicate in French, which is dad’s mother tongue and the only language he speaks fluently. We live in a 99% French...
Q&A: How to support a trilingual toddler with her family languages?
Question Hello, We are a Spanish mum and German dad living in England, and our 18-month-old doesn't speak any words other than "no". Should we be concerned? My husband and I speak to our girl in our language always, no matter what, it even sounds strange to...
3 lessons blogging taught me about bilingualism [guest post]
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 to correct a trilingual child’s pronunciation?
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...
Q&A: When to introduce a parent’s second language to a trilingual (-to-be) baby?
Question Dear Multilingual Coaches, I was really pleased to find a place like this offering so much on the topic of multilinguism! Me and my husband have a six-week-ols baby girl, and I wanted to seek your advice on how to introduce our child to all three...
Q&A: How to convince a reluctant parent to speak a minority language with a child?
Question Hello! As every parent would like to provide best future for their children I have started to wonder about language routine for our baby girl that is due in a month. I would like to get any advice how to introduce the language that is very important to...
Bringing Up a Bilingual Child
How to Navigate the Seven Cs of Multilingual Parenting:
- Communication
- Confidence
- Commitment
- Consistency
- Creativity
- Culture
- Celebration






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