language attrition Archives – Multilingual Parenting

Q&A: How to convince the next generation to maintain the family language?

by Rita | Mar 8, 2018 | Coaches

Question Hello, I have a question: I have successfully raised my children to be bilingual (English and Spanish) in the United States and couldn’t be more proud of their fluency in speaking, reading and writing. We spoke it at home and they only use English at...

Q&A: If a child loses a language are all the benefits of bilingualism gone?

by Rita Rosenback | Oct 12, 2017 | Coaches

Question Hei! I am a German single mom to a soon 4-year-old boy. He was born in Finland and we’ve been living here all the time. At home I only speak German to him. He started to attend Finnish daycare at age 1.5 (part time), full time from age 2.5. Although...

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