Tag Archives: Italian

The expert answers: The family is moving abroad, will this result in trauma or bilingualism for the child?

June 15, 2009 in Real Life, Research by Bilingual For Fun
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, [...]

Summer vacation options for Italian-English bilingual children

May 30, 2009 in Bilingualism by L.
 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, [...]

Linda and her international, and multilingual, family

April 26, 2009 in Real Life by L.
Linda and her family are americans and live in Rome. But soon they’ll be off to Bali for a while. Well, that’s a nice family on the road, proving all of us that life and travelling don’t end when kids are born. By the way, their technique is MLAH. Thanks, Linda. My husband and I are [...]

Lisa's recipe for trilingualism

April 26, 2009 in Real Life by L.
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 [...]