common language Archives – Multilingual Parenting

Q&A: How to support a trilingual toddler with her family languages?

by Rita Rosenback | Feb 22, 2018 | Babies, Coaches, Language development, Q&A How to motivate a bilingual / multilingual child to speak a family language, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R, Toddlers

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...

Q&A: How to ensure that a trilingual (-to-be) child also picks up parents’ common language?

by Rita Rosenback | Oct 5, 2017 | Babies, Coaches, Language development, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R

Question Hi, I have been doing a bit of reading on raising trilingual children, as my husband and I are expecting our first child in January. It seems that in most cases the parents have two individual native languages, and the third being that of the country they...

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: How to choose a child’s school and parents’ common language in a family on the move?

by Rita Rosenback | Jun 22, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Q&A When a bilingual / multilingual child goes to school, Rita R, School-aged children

Question Hello! I am currently pregnant with my first child (boy) and due to give birth in two months. I come from Pakistan and my husband is German. My mother tongue is Urdu whilst my husband's is German. English is the common language at home with my husband...

Q&A: Is it okay to have a third language as OPOL parents’ common language?

by Rita Rosenback | Mar 23, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Rita R

Question Hello, I would like to validate our family approach and maybe get some tips to improve on our current strategy. Our little one is 3 years old. We live in Austria and he is already in the kindergarten so picking up his German skills slowly but surely....

Q&A: Should a couple switch from English to the majority language as their common language?

by Rita Rosenback | Dec 8, 2016 | Coaches, Language development, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R

Question Hello, I just ran into your website and I loved it. I have a son who is 1.5 years old. I am Albanian, my husband is Spanish. We want to raise our son bilingual, so our plan is that I speak with him in Albanian only (minority language), and my husband...

Q&A: How to choose the common language in a multilingual family?

by Rita Rosenback | Nov 6, 2016 | Coaches, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Rita R

Question Dear Coaches, first of all, thank you for a very helpful website! I have also read the book Rita wrote about raising a bilingual child, which I found very helpful when starting on planning the way with the languages in our family. First the facts about...

Q&A: Which language to speak when in a multilingual family?

by Rita Rosenback | Oct 20, 2016 | Coaches, Family life, Non-native language, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Rita R

Question Dear Rita and Multilingual Parenting Team, First of all, I would like to thank you and the rest of the team for a great website, it has been very useful since I started investigating about multilingual education. I am sending you our questions because I could...

common language