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Tag Archives: Methodologies for Bilingualism
The expert’s advice: English as a third language
After writing on English as a third language for bilingual children, we received comments and questions from parents who feel that once they are raising their child bilingual it would be a pity to miss English out, and wonder whether they can at least help their children familiarize with the language. We asked the opinion [...]
Posted on June 28, 2009
My baby is bilingual, how can I help him learn English too?
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
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
The Importance of a Social Context (think Playgroup) for Bilingual Children
Do parents or society shape children? A lot has been said on this, but I think most people would agree that it is a bit (or a lot) of both. Children take input from many sources and recognize the authority of different people (parents, teachers, older children, uncle, etc…), this way they build their own [...]
Posted on April 29, 2009
7 Strategies to use when a bilingual child doesn’t want to speak a language
It’s quite common for bilingual children to refuse to use one of the languages they are exposed to and parents get often very frustrated. However this is very normal, and there’s no reason to worry about it nor to be bothered.
To start with let’s clarify the difference between active bilingualism (i.e. talking two languages- and [...]
Posted on April 28, 2009
Lisa's recipe for trilingualism
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
I'm raising my child bilingual, or am I?
All bilingual families from time to time should try to find the time to stop and think, to check how they are doing and whether the method they are following is the right one. All families raising bilingual children have a technique, irrespective of whether it is an explicit one supported by rules, or an implicit [...]
Posted on April 26, 2009
What are the cons of Bilingualism?
The debate about the pro and cons of Bilingualism is often an ill informed one. It is quite common to think that Bilingualism can cause problems to children, but these are just prejudices. Let's look at some of the most common myths about Bilingualism.
Posted on April 25, 2009
When to start with Bilingualism
In short it’s never too early to start introducing a second language to a child, and it’s never too late to start… on this point there is unanimity among experts. That means that if you have a baby, or you are about to have one, the best thing to do would be to start straight [...]
Posted on April 25, 2009
Bilingualism at 23 months, III
Tags 0-2 year, 2-4 year, Methodologies for Bilingualism, music, Talking