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Tag Archives: Refusal to speak a language
Pro and Contra of Praise
Let’s keep talking about praise, to understand if and how it actually motivates children to speak the second language. We all use praise, hands up if you don’t get overexcited every time the little one says a new word in the second language, or a sentence, or even (can’t believe that!) a whole reasoning! But do we know what [...]
Posted on September 20, 2009
Is praise always a good thing?
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
Why some parents don’t want to speak their mothertongue with their children?
Leonora asked for some advice via Facebook because her partner refuses to speak his mothertongue with their daughter. Her question is very interesting and far from unusual, so let’s think about it together.
Leonora is Italian, her partner is from Angola hence his mothertongue is Portuguese. They met in London but now live in Italy and have [...]
Posted on July 6, 2009
How reading, DVDs and even videogames can become an opportunity for language stimulation
The importance of reading to rchildren cannot be overestimated. Reading is critical for language development, but also for children’s personal development, for acquiring the ability to understand oneself and the world and to elaborate experiences. It goes without saying that for bilingual children reading is also essential to stimulate language. However the link between reading [...]
Posted on June 22, 2009
The expert answers: The family is moving abroad, will this result in trauma or bilingualism for the child?
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, [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009
5 ways to react when Bilingual Children mix languages
Does your child start a sentence with one langue and finish it with another? Yes, that happens a lot, but what this really means strongly depends on how you react to that. If you think you just react normal, keep reading, there are at least 5 different ways of reacting normal, they are all normal, [...]
Posted on May 10, 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
How to praise to boost motivation
Tags motivation, Refusal to speak a language