Blogging Carnival on Bilingualism

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If you read this you’ll probably find we have two things in common:

  • we are bloggers
  • we are parents of bilingual children.

Some of us write mostly on bilingualism, like me for instance , others write on other topics but also occasionally on bilingualism. But we are all interested in bilingualism and meeting other bilingual families. Which is why a Blogging Carnival on Bilingualism might be really a good idea for us… and I’ll tell you right now:

  • What is a blogging Carnival
  • Why you should join
  • How to join the carnival
  • What does it mean to host a carnival

What is a blogging carnival?

  • It’s a fixed appointment on the subject, which is hosted each time by a different blogger and which presents a review of some interesting posts on the topic
  • The carnival host introduces and links to articles published on other blogs, like yours, whose authors have sent the link (i.e. the authors selected the specific link for this carnival).
  • You could send a link to a new post, or an old one which you consider to be particularly interesting
  • Each contributing author can signpost to this carnival on their own blog (this is optional, but it’s usually done).

Why should you join in? Few reasons:

  • To promote a larger discussion on bilingualism and create a wider community of bilingual parents.
  • To see in one go what others are saying about the issue, so you can keep regularly updated very efficiently
  • To get your word out to a wider community
  • To get to your blog people who othewise would have little chances of stumbling there
  • Once the carnival becomes a regular thing your readers might start looking forward to it, as a fixed appointmen

How can you join the carnival?

The first carnival will go live on August 31st on the blog of  Steffi: http://mummydothat.blogspot.com/

I have already chosen the article I’ll contribute to the carnival and I sent it to Steffi. Please do the same by writing an email to me (bilinguepergioco AT yahoo DOT com) and Steffi (blog AT cartside DOT co DOT uk) and sharing your content or your questions.

What does it mean to host a carnival?

It does mean some work… You call for content (similar to what I am doing here) and as people submit it you’ll have to choose what you are going to publish and build a post on it. Once the thing takes momentum and there’s a bit of content available you might have to choose, because a carnival with 100 links is useless. I suppose 20 is about what one can reasonably handle.

How do I host a Carnival?

First get yourself on the schedule. Enter a comment below to let us know when you would like to host a Carnival and once your date will be confirmed you’ll see your Blog on the Schedule.

About 2 weeks before the date prepare a nice email to ask bloggers to send articles for the Carnival, send a copy of the email to bilinguepergioco AT yahoo DOT com and we’ll circulate to the newsletter, but don’t stop there! Send yourself the email to anybody you know who might be interested and may be search around for some blogs we haven’t heard about yet. Give a deadline for submission and allow some time for you to go over all the material you have received, decide what you will insert in the Carnival and write a post that brings it all together. In the final post make sure you point to this page for info on the Carnival and for the Schedule, and you offer people the opportunity to subscribe here.

Also before the Day make sure you do some promotion around, so people know there is a carnival on his way.

If you have any questions, just ask.

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To sign up to host a Carnival please write to bilingualforfun AT yahoo DOT com.

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