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Q&A: How to support a bilingual child with dyslexia?

by Mary-Pat O'Malley-Keighran | Jan 17, 2019 | Babies, Challenges, Coaches, Language development, Mary-Pat O'Malley-Keighran, School-aged children

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...

Q&A: How to juggle several languages in the home – what if you move?

by Rita Rosenback | Nov 26, 2017 | Coaches, Non-native language, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A Moving to another country with a bilingual / multilingual child, Rita R

Question Hello, congratulations for the excellent website! It's great to hear about the experiences of other multilingual families and be able to get advice from a Family Language Coach, as it is often difficult to decide how to handle this subject. I would...

Q&A: Literacy: how to teach reading and writing when exposure time is limited?

by Rita Rosenback | Sep 24, 2017 | Challenges, Coaches, Literacy, Rita R

Question Good day, I am a German native living in South Africa. My husband is South African and speaks to my 3-year-old son English and the local language isiSetswana. I solely speak German to him. Since he goes to an English creche, English is his main...

Q&A: When to introduce the majority language to a homeschooled child speaking two minority languages?

by Ute Limacher-Riebold | Sep 3, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A The trilingual+ child, School-aged children, Ute Limacher-Riebold

Question Hi! My daughter just turned two and I've been speaking to her in Cantonese since she was born. My husband has been speaking to her in Korean. She currently speaks both languages well. We live in the US, so community language is English. I have yet to...

Q&A: English-only or dual-language school for a trilingual child?

by Rita Rosenback | Aug 27, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Q&A When a bilingual / multilingual child goes to school, Rita R, School-aged children

Question Hello, We have two pre-schoolers (4 and 1.5 years old respectively) who are growing up as trilinguals. I am Korean, and my husband is Persian. We are also fortunate that we live with our mother-in-law who speaks only Farsi and helps raise our children...

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 pass on a family language which the parent is not literate in?

by Rita Rosenback | Mar 30, 2017 | Challenges, Coaches, Literacy, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R

Question Hi, I have a 5-year-old daughter and 1-year-old twins. I was born in Iran and speak Farsi. I moved to the United States at the age of four, so English is my stronger language. My husband only speaks English and we have a nanny who speaks Spanish. We...

Classic Arabic vs your local dialect – which one should your children learn? [guest post]

by Rita | Nov 23, 2016 | Guest post, Language and bilingualism

This article has been contributed by Tarek Rabie, founder of Hekayatona, a digital platform committed to encouraging children to read and learn Arabic. For more help and advice on how you can best support your child’s Arabic learning journey you can visit their...

Q&A: How to pass on a minority language when both parents work?

by Rita Rosenback | Jul 14, 2016 | Coaches, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Rita R

Question Hi, I'm currently pregnant but have started questioning so many things about my kids already. Me and my husband both are from India settled in US. My parents do not understand English and can speak only in native language. I would like my kids to learn and...

Q&A: Does introducing a new language impact on learning to read and write in another?

by Rita Rosenback | Jul 10, 2016 | Challenges, Coaches, Literacy, Rita R

Question Hei, in search of advice I have found your webpage and hope you can help me with the following problem: Our family (me, my husband, and two boys, aged 4 and 6.5) are German living in Norway. Both kids go to Norwegian kindergarten/school, so the surrounding...

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