Tag Archives: Passive Bilingualism

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

Is praise always a good thing?

Posted in Bilingualism by Bilingual For Fun
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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 [...]
Posted on September 17, 2009

The expert answers: Does Trilingualism cause Confusion or Delays?

Posted in Real Life, Research by Bilingual For Fun
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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 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 [...]
Posted on May 27, 2009

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

Posted in Bilingualism, Playgroups by L.
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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