Q&A Archives – Page 9 of 55 – Multilingual Parenting

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: How to choose the main school language for a trilingual child?

by Rita Rosenback | Jun 4, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Q&A When a bilingual / multilingual child goes to school, Rita R, School-aged children

Question Dear all, we are a bilingual family. My husband speaks English to our 3-year-old son, I speak German to him. My husband and I speak English at home, our son speaks German to me and English to my husband. We live in the Netherlands. At daycare our son...

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...

Q&A: Big sister’s concerns about the language choices for her little sister

by Rita Rosenback | May 18, 2017 | Babies, Challenges, Coaches, Q&A When a bilingual / multilingual child goes to school, Rita R, Siblings

Question Hey there! I am not a parent, just an older sister whose parents are struggling with handling this whole bi-/tri-/quadri-lingual situation. All they ever say is "don't forget Chinese", and it seems like they're dismissing some other important concerns...

Q&A: Questions about raising a trilingual child and balancing the exposure to three languages

by Rita Rosenback | May 14, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R

Question Dear Rita, first of all, I'm VERY happy I've stumbled across this website! It's really interesting to read other parents' stories and your replies, and great to see so many people are in similar situations. This is our trilingual situation: My wife is...

Q&A: How to pass on two minority languages in a multilingual environment?

by Rita Rosenback | May 11, 2017 | Coaches, Language development, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R

Question Hello, My name is Maria, I am Italian and together with my Libyan husband we have a 10-month-old son. Together we live in Malta, where our son was born. Our common language is English, since I do not understand Arabic and my husband doesn't understand...

Q&A: What to do when a multilingual child struggles when starting an immersion program?

by Rita Rosenback | May 7, 2017 | Coaches, Literacy, Q&A When a bilingual / multilingual child goes to school, Rita R

Question Hello! Question about 4th language. I am wondering if we made the right decision in sending our 6-year-old into an immersion program where she is introduced into her fourth language. We live in Canada in an English-speaking province within close...

Q&A: When and how to introduce the concept of different languages to a small bilingual child?

by Rita Rosenback | May 4, 2017 | Coaches, Language and bilingualism, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Rita R

Question Hello! What age is appropriate to introduce the concept of language to a child? I don't mean teaching the child a second language but teaching him that there are different languages and that each one has a name. We use OPOL at home with our 3-year-old...

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