I’m keeping the promise I made to Blogging on Bilingualism (or rather the blogger behind it) and I want to come back on the topic of non native parents raising bilingual children, or rather parents raising children bilingual in a language that is not their mother tongue.
All non native parents are not equal. Whether the [...]
Dear all,
here we are for another Carnival. The family of bloggers involved is growing really nicely and this is really contributing to creating a debate on bilingualism and sharing ideas, doubts, tips and tricks. Most of all I think we can all feel less lonely on our journey, and that is of tremendous help when [...]
Since I started talking about bilingual children in non bilingual families, mostly on my italian blog Bilingue per Gioco, I have been flooded with testimonials from non native speaker parents who are going through this experience. It was really a great surprise, this is a form of bilingualism nobody talks about, there’s absolutely no research [...]
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 [...]
Here’s the latest Carnival on Bilingualism at Bilingualreaders , with lot’s of new blogs participating and really interesting topics covered!
Have a look!
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A Carnival with many languages!
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here is the new Blogging Carnival On Bilingualism, featuring: French, German, Catalan, Arab, Berber, Slovak, Russian, Turkish, Croatian. And English of course…
The Carnival is at Mummy Do That! and it’s great read!
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