Question Hello, Can you please advise us on the following with regards to a 7-year-old? The boy’s mother is Australian, the father who he visits is Australian. His step father is from Pakistan and speaks Urdu, English and Arabic. The boy has been to Arabic...
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Q&A: How to introduce English to a toddler in an environment with limited language resources?
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: Should a parent stop speaking a non-native language so that a child does not get an accent?
Question Hello, My family and I live in Iran. We don't have many bilinguals or multinationals in our country. People know a little English but not very much. I have a daughter, who is 6 years old. I am an English-teacher in my country, too. I teach kids under...
Q&A: Is it necessary to arrange additional tuition for a child’s minority language?
Question Hi, My question is, do you need to set aside time for language lessons either by parents or professional for the minority language? My 3-year-old daughter speaks Spanish (we live in Spain) and English (minority language) and she is well on her way to...
Multilingual Family with Polish, English, Spanish and ASL in the USA
Welcome the first part of an exciting new series 'Multilingual Family', where I interview families from different parts of the world. I have the pleasure to introduce you to the lovely family of Karolina, Oscar and their 2-year-old, gorgeous daughter Natalia. They...