Tag Archives: English

English Speaking Playgroups Starting in S. Saba, Rome

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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 [...]
Posted on November 12, 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

Summer vacation options for Italian-English bilingual children

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 An italian mom who is raising her child bilingual in English, although none in the family is an English native speaker, asked some tips about how to find Enlish speaking opportunities for the summer vacation. Of course a trip is always a good idea, although the trip is expensive and is always done with family, [...]
Posted on May 30, 2009

My baby is bilingual, how can I help him learn English too?

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I’ll give a straight answer to this question (which I’m hearing quite often now): Don’t. English is clearly the one language we all need to speak now, so all to often parents of bilingual children are worried that their child should learn English early on too, but obviously don’t know how to go about it. [...]
Posted on May 25, 2009

Children who can speak two languages are better at learning a third language

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This interesting article based on research from Nothwestern University shows how bilingual children are better at learning a new foreign language than monolingual children. The implications are ery relevant for all multilingual and international families, who don’t need to worry about their kids learning English too early on (when English is not part ofb the [...]
Posted on May 25, 2009

Lisa's recipe for trilingualism

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Lisa has three children, and she has succefully raised them trilingual. Her recipe is simple: each parents speaks his/her own language, the third language is learnt at school.  However she does have a secret ingredient: the whole family follows the (OPOL) rule, always and without exceptions. That’s not easy to do, but it seems to pay off… I am [...]
Posted on April 26, 2009