Monthly Archives: July 2009

OPOL on the Beach

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I recently landed on a beach, together with A. of course, like most Italians this time of the year and I want to share some reflections on the experience of using the One Parent One Language technique (OPOL), outside of one’s habitat .
Posted on July 29, 2009

More information about Playgroups. What, When, Where and most of all Who

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I recently received few emails expressing interest in creating Playgroups in one place or another, I would like to answer these questions and make some clarity about: Playgroups in general, any language English Playgroups Where can you find a Playgroup How to start a new Playgroup
Posted on July 18, 2009

Why some parents don’t want to speak their mothertongue with their children?

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   Leonora asked for some advice via Facebook because her partner refuses to speak his mothertongue with their daughter. Her question is very interesting and far from unusual, so let’s think about it together. Leonora is Italian, her partner is from Angola hence his mothertongue is Portuguese. They met in London but now live in Italy and have [...]
Posted on July 6, 2009

Bilingual children, grandparents and extended family

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Quite often in OPOL families parents give up using the minority language in presence of the extended family, a sign of respect towards those who don’t understand the language. It is certainly a very good thing to involve the whole family, but it doesn’t necessarily need to happen at the minority language’s expenses. And by [...]
Posted on July 2, 2009