Tag Archives: Passive Bilingualism

Is praise always a good thing?

September 17, 2009 in Bilingualism by Bilingual For Fun
Your 3 year old says a whole new sentence in …. (fill in with your minority language), what do you do? Jump with joy? Open a bottle of champagne? Head for the toy shop to buy him a reward gift? I bet most parents, like me, would at least be very happy and proud and praise [...]

The expert answers: Does Trilingualism cause Confusion or Delays?

May 27, 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 Giovanni sent us, Giovanni has a trilingual child and some real concerns about his linguistic development. Antonella Sorace is professor of Developmental Linguistics at the University of Edimburgh, and together with her team created Bilingualism [...]

The Importance of a Social Context (think Playgroup) for Bilingual Children

April 29, 2009 in Bilingualism, Playgroups by L.
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 [...]