trilingual child Archives – Multilingual Parenting

Q&A: How to choose the languages for a baby in a multilingual family?

by Rita Rosenback | Oct 28, 2018 | Babies, Non-native language, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R, School-aged children

Question Dear Family Language Coaches, I have a question about raising our first born (due in two months) multi-lingual which I was hoping you could kindly help us with. My wife is Ukrainian and speaks Russian (native) and English (not fully fluent, but quite...

Q&A: How to pass on two minority languages? What about adding a fourth language?

by Rita Rosenback | May 18, 2018 | Babies, Coaches, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R, School-aged children

Question Hi, I have some questions concerning the language acquisition of my yet-to-be-born child. Her dad and I live in France and we always communicate in French, which is dad’s mother tongue and the only language he speaks fluently. We live in a 99% French...

Q&A: How to correct a trilingual child’s pronunciation?

by Mary-Pat O'Malley-Keighran | Nov 19, 2017 | Challenges, Coaches, Language development, Mary-Pat O'Malley-Keighran, Q&A The trilingual+ child

Question Hello! My husband and I live in Belgium and before the birth of our son we were speaking English to each other. However due to our complex family and cultural situation we decided to step away from English and limit the languages to three only. Our son...

Q&A: When to introduce a family language to a child who will attend a trilingual school?

by Rita Rosenback | Oct 1, 2017 | Babies, Coaches, Language development, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Q&A When a bilingual / multilingual child goes to school, Rita R, School-aged children

Question Hi I live in Hong Kong where almost everyone is trilingual speaking Cantonese, Mandarin and English. The school I will send my baby, who is five months now, is a trilingual school that will begin at the age of two (Cantonese, Mandarin and English). My...

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: Who should speak what language when in a family with three languages to raise a trilingual child?

by Rita Rosenback | Aug 20, 2017 | Babies, Coaches, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R

Question Hello, We're a multilingual family living in France. My name is Teresa and I'm Spanish, my husband is French and our common language is English (we started our relationship in California). Now we can communicate in French and Spanish also but we...

Q&A: Is a dual-language school a good choice for a bilingual child to become trilingual?

by Ute Limacher-Riebold | Jun 25, 2017 | Coaches, Non-native language, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Q&A When a bilingual / multilingual child goes to school, School-aged children, Ute Limacher-Riebold

Question Hello! My wife and I are native Russian speakers living in the United States. Our son is turning five in a few months and will start school. Our home language is 100% Russian. Our son speaks Russian at or slightly below the level of his peers in Russia...

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: Which language to speak when in a multilingual family?

by Rita Rosenback | Oct 20, 2016 | Coaches, Family life, Non-native language, Q&A Choosing the right family language strategy, Rita R

Question Dear Rita and Multilingual Parenting Team, First of all, I would like to thank you and the rest of the team for a great website, it has been very useful since I started investigating about multilingual education. I am sending you our questions because I could...

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