1 - Nestane sa zázrak Deti sa nestanú bilingválnymi „zázrakom“ samé od seba. V spoločnosti prevláda mýtus, že čo sa týka jazykov, „deti sú ako špongia“ a naučia sa všetky jazyky, ktoré pravidelne počujú – toto nie je celkom pravda. Za správnych okolností si síce deti...
I don’t remember teaching my elder daughter to read … because I never did. I do however remember when a carer at her nursery told me that my 5-year-old used to read Finnish story books to other children. They found that she loved reading aloud to others and was able...
Bringing up your children to speak more than one language has many benefits – this has been proven both through research and personal experiences of bilinguals themselves. If you have read my posts before, you know that I often emphasize the benefits to the extended...
The International Mother Language Day is observed every year on the 21st of February. UNESCO officially proclaimed the day in 1999 with the aim to promote “linguistic diversity and multilingual education” and to develop the “awareness of linguistic and cultural...
Today I want to share with you an interview which the lovely Marianna Du Bosq from Bilingual Avenue invited me to. If you haven't already checked out her site, I warmly recommend her podcasts on the topic of raising bilingual children. We chatted about my book and the...
The custom is to make resolutions for the new year, but as we all know, most of them fall by the wayside well before the shops start stocking chocolate for Valentine’s Day. As a parent of a bilingual child, what could you do instead? My advice is to forget about...
2014 What a fantastic year it has been! There have been so many highlights - here are the main ones: My book “Bringing up a Bilingual Child” came out in June and I am so happy and humbled by all the positive response I have had from my readers. The feeling of having...
Your first-born is on the way to become bilingual – you are so happy to see that both languages are progressing well. You have managed to arrange enough exposure for both languages and look forward to repeating the “procedure” with your next child. It should not be...
Earlier this week I was interviewed by the lovely Miss Panda Chinese, the creator of a fantastic website with lots of resources for children learning Mandarin Chinese. We had a fun chat about raising bilingual children - you can read her post about it here. May the...
Bringing up a child to speak more than one language is not an easy task. There are days when we need all the encouragement we can find to keep going. So I asked parents what they would like to say to other mothers and fathers of bilingual children – and here is a...