T&P Archives – Multilingual Parenting

Q&A: How to add English as a third language for a 1-year-old?

by Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett | Sep 6, 2018 | Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett, Babies, Coaches, Language development, Non-native language, Q&A The trilingual+ child, School-aged children, Toddlers

Question Dear coaches, Thank you for the great website and taking time to help parents. Reading your answers to others' questions gave me some general ideas about my concerns but still I have some topics in mind to ask you. So first I give a summary of our situation....

Q&A: How to ensure that a trilingual (-to-be) child also picks up parents’ common language?

by Rita Rosenback | Oct 5, 2017 | Babies, Coaches, Language development, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R

Question Hi, I have been doing a bit of reading on raising trilingual children, as my husband and I are expecting our first child in January. It seems that in most cases the parents have two individual native languages, and the third being that of the country they...

Q&A: How can a single parent raise a bilingual child?

by Mary-Pat O'Malley-Keighran | Aug 31, 2017 | Babies, Coaches, Language development, Mary-Pat O'Malley-Keighran, Q&A Being the parent in a multilingual family, Single parent

Question Hey, I decided long time ago that I would want to make my possible future children multilingual. I have lived years abroad (English was and still is my study and work language), but recently moved back to Finland. I'm a native Finnish-speaker, but...

Q&A: Should a bilingual family swap from OPOL to mL@H when moving to a new country?

by Rita Rosenback | Aug 17, 2017 | Coaches, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A Moving to another country with a bilingual / multilingual child, Rita R

Question Hello, thank you so much for this website, it has been such a great resource and source of positive reassurance on our journey to raise bilingual children. I have a question regarding switching the language method in the family. My husband is American,...

Q&A: Three languages and sign language – too much for a two-year old?

by Rita Rosenback | Jun 18, 2017 | Coaches, Non-native language, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R, Toddlers

Question Hello Looking for a suggestion for introducing my second languages to my toddler. My husband and I are native English speakers. I was a Spanish teacher for five years, so I speak it well, but I'm definitely missing lots of cultural background and...

Q&A: What is the best way for one parent to pass on two languages?

by Rita Rosenback | Oct 16, 2016 | Coaches, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Rita R

Question Hello Family Language Coaches, I have a question on one parent passing on two languages: I was born in the US to Korean parents. My parents spoke English to me instead of their heritage language, even going so far as to read to me in English every...

Q&A: Choosing the family language strategy after a move: when the minority language becomes the majority one.

by Rita Rosenback | Sep 15, 2016 | Coaches, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A Moving to another country with a bilingual / multilingual child, Rita R

Question Dear Rita, Thank you for your wealth of knowledge and great posts! So far bilingual has been easy, since both my husband and I are German and we live in Texas. We both speak our native German with our almost 2-year-old daughter and with each other. She learnt...

Time and place – T&P as a family language strategy

by Rita | Apr 29, 2015 | Choosing the right family language strategy, Family life, Practical advice, Single parent

When raising a bilingual child, it is always good to plan ahead so that everyone is clear about who is going to speak what language in the family when the new baby arrives. This post is the third post in my series of different approaches parents can take if they...

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