Tag Archives: Non native-speaker

All non native parents are not equal

Posted in Non native-speaker by Bilingual For Fun
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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 [...]
Posted on May 9, 2010

Blogging Carnival on Bilingualism, April

Posted in Bilingualism by Bilingual For Fun
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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 [...]
Posted on April 29, 2010

Bilingual children in non bilingual families

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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 [...]
Posted on April 29, 2010

8 reasons why you don’t have to be a native speaker to teach your child a language

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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 [...]
Posted on October 29, 2009

The expert’s advice: English as a third language

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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

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