language exposure Archives – Page 5 of 27

Q&A: How to choose the family language strategy for passing on three languages?

by Ute Limacher-Riebold | Aug 10, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Ute Limacher-Riebold

Question Dear Rita and all Family Language Coaches, First of all congratulations and many thanks for your website, such a great resource! Like many of your visitors me and my husband have diverse international backgrounds and are currently considering the best...

Q&A: When to teach literacy in the minority language and how to support a bilingual child with a new language?

by Rita Rosenback | Aug 3, 2017 | Coaches, Literacy, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R

Question Hi, My son is 3.5 years old. We are from South America (Colombia and Chile) so the language at home is Spanish. My son was born in Australia. He never attended child care there, so he was not exposed too much to English. Ten months ago, we moved to...

Q&A: How to maximise the family minority language exposure?

by Ute Limacher-Riebold | Jul 20, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Ute Limacher-Riebold

Question Hello I'd be so grateful for your advice. I am bilingual French-English. My husband speaks French, English, German and Swiss German. We started off living in French speaking Switzerland so I started speaking English at home to our then...

Q&A: About language exposure, family language strategy, speaking a non-native language and confusion

by Rita Rosenback | Jul 13, 2017 | Babies, Coaches, Non-native language, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Rita R

Question Hello, I am Italian but I know English very well so I really want to try to teach it to my one-year-old daughter. I speak English to her since she was three months old. In the beginning I thought to use the OPOL method but it's really hard for us,...

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: How many languages can/should parents introduce to a baby?

by Rita Rosenback | Jun 15, 2017 | Babies, Coaches, Non-native language, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R, Toddlers

Question Hello My wife and I are expecting and starting to think about how many languages we want teach our kids. Basically, our question boils down to, is it unrealistic to try for Bulgarian, English, Spanish, & Mandarin fluency, or should we just try for...

Q&A: How to support a bilingual child’s community language and maintain the family language?

by Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett | Jun 8, 2017 | Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett, Babies, Coaches, Non-native language, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A How to motivate a bilingual / multilingual child to speak a family language, Toddlers

Question Hello, I have been reading the posts on this site for a while, and they are amazing! Thanks for the effort. I got some questions regarding my son. Background about us: My wife and I were born and raised in Asia, and we're native Mandarin speakers. We...

Q&A: Should parents expose a trilingual-to-be baby to all languages from the start?

by Rita Rosenback | May 28, 2017 | Babies, Coaches, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R

Question Hello! My husband and I are expecting our first child, a boy, in June. My husband is Scottish, I am German and we live in rural Japan working at an international university. We only moved here last year and cannot really speak Japanese, although we...

Q&A: How to pass on and maintain three languages in a family facing a possible move?

by Rita Rosenback | May 25, 2017 | Babies, Coaches, Q&A Moving to another country with a bilingual / multilingual child, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R

Question Hello! I have a question about raising a trilingual child and I need some guidance on that! My name is Daniela. My first language is Brazilian Portuguese. My Indian husband is a Hindi-speaker. We live in the United States where I am a PhD student. We...

Q&A: Changing the language parents speak with a 1-year-old – is it too late and how to do it?

by Rita Rosenback | May 21, 2017 | Babies, Coaches, Language development, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Rita R

Question Hi there, I would like to ask for your advice. My husband is Portuguese and I am Hungarian and we live in England. Our daughter is almost one year old, and we mostly speak to her in English. She does hear conversations in both other languages, when we...

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