Monthly Archives: June 2009

The expert’s advice: English as a third language

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After writing on English as a third language for bilingual children, we received comments and questions from parents who feel that once they are raising their child bilingual it would be a pity to miss English out, and wonder whether they can at least help their children familiarize with the language. We asked the opinion [...]
Posted on June 28, 2009

How reading, DVDs and even videogames can become an opportunity for language stimulation

Posted in Bilingualism by L.
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The importance of reading to rchildren cannot be overestimated. Reading is critical for language development, but also for children’s personal development, for acquiring the ability to understand oneself and the world and to elaborate experiences. It goes without saying that for bilingual children reading is also essential to stimulate language. However the link between reading [...]
Posted on June 22, 2009

The expert answers: The family is moving abroad, will this result in trauma or bilingualism for the child?

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In order to better answer your questions Bilingual for Fun is hosting some experts on Bilingualism. Today Professor Sorace answers the question Federica sent us, Federica is moving abroad and wonders whether changing language might confuse her child and if and how to prepare her. Antonella Sorace is professor of Developmental Linguistics at the University of Edimburgh, [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009

Schooling options for Bilingual Children

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Choosing the school can be really difficult and painful in normal circumstances, but for bilingual families it is even more so, as they often have to compare apples with oranges, plus their own personal experience (i.e. their memories about the school they went to) can be of little or no help at all. We spoke about Day Nursery, Kindergarten [...]
Posted on June 11, 2009

Books, CD and DVD for bilingual children discounted on Amazon

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 There are few good news for you, and I’m very happy to share them. Bilingual For Fun just opened its Amazon Store: Bilingual For Fun Bookstore. There you can find books, CD and DVD for children, plus of course books on bilingualism for parents. Everything you’ll see there has been selected by me, not by a random search [...]
Posted on June 3, 2009

Animal sounds in different languages

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Children love animals and reproducing animals’ sounds, and this as far as I know is true in all cultures and countries. However, funny enough, animal sounds do change from country to country, or to be pedantic, the way people reproduce animal sounds change. This is no minor thing, in bilingual families you’ll see daddy saying that [...]
Posted on June 2, 2009