Here’s the latest Carnival on Bilingualism at Bilingualreaders , with lot’s of new blogs participating and really interesting topics covered!
Have a look!
January’s Carnival on Bilingualism!
How to I brought my child from crying real tears to a happy smile with one question
Today my 2 year old had a tantrum, or rather I thought he had a tantrum, until I read this definition of tantrum.
Ok so let’s say that today my 2 year old made a fuss, and I don’t like fussy children, and at first I got a bit annoyed, then I ignored him, then I [...]
English Speaking Playgroups Starting in S. Saba, Rome
Playgroups are kicking off in Rome, at S.Saba, thursdays at 17.30.
Playgroups motivate children to speak the minority language, which is normally the language spoken just by mom or dad and becomes instead the language spoken by children too as well as a necessary means to communicate in an environment where no other language is spoken.
However [...]
Research says children learn languages in the womb, and cry accordingly…
This is a very interesting article, it shows that as they are born children already “speak” their mothertongue, i.e. the way they cry depends on the language they have been exposed to in the womb: The crying song.
Now this is very interesting for me… I’ve been living in London and speaking practically only English [...]
10 bloggers and a Carnival, on Bilingualism
Welcome to the Blogging Carnival on Bilingualism, a monthly get-together for all interested in bilingualism and in raising bilingual children and an opportunity to share experiences, info and best practices.
Raising bilingual children is seldom as straightforward as one would think, or hope, and it can be a bit lonely if you live in a monolingual [...]
8 reasons why you don’t have to be a native speaker to teach your child a language
More and more parents are teaching their children a second language they themselves don’t speak as native speakers. Even more parents would like to do but don’t dare. The assumption that only native speakers can teach their children a second language is deep rooted but not supported by any evidence, on the contrary, it is [...]
Second Blogging Carnival on Bilingualism
The second Blogging Carnival on Bilingualism went live today, hosted at Blogging on Bilingualism. I think this is a great resource for all bilingual parents, as Blogging on Bilingualism beautifully pointed out “the commonality of the bilingual journey ties us together”.
Enjoy the Carnival! And if you are a blogger join us, you can submit your [...]
Bilingualism Makes Children Smarter
Another interesting article on Bilingualism: Bilingualism Makes Children Smarter.
The article reports the results of a research conducted in Belgium by Prof. Van de Craen. Funny enough last week I attended a very interesting conference on bilingualism (more on this later, a lot more actually, hopefully not a lot later) and there I attended a speech [...]
How to praise to boost motivation
Children will speak a language, any language, only if they have a reason to, in other words if they are motivated, and one of the trickiest parts of raising a bilingual child is to understand what motivation is and how to trigger it. Praise and reward certainly stand out among the tools most used to [...]
Things I’ve done…
I owe you an explanation, I know… What’s up with me? Lot’s actually…
Now as most of you know, to be true to my mission to bilingualism I run two blogs, Bilingual for Fun, in EN, and Bilingue per Gioco, in Italian. Well I realised I wasn’t getting what I wanted out of either and decided [...]
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