Tag Archives: Support for Expat Families

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

The expert answers: The family is moving abroad, will this result in trauma or bilingualism for the child?

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 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

Summer vacation options for Italian-English bilingual children

Posted in Bilingualism by L.
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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

Playgroups help bilingual children speak English, or French, or German…

Posted in Playgroups by L.
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Parents who want their children to learn a language early on normally speak the language with them, but often realise that the child doesn’t want to speak the language. In fact hearing a language only from one or two persons is not enough, babies are thus missing the opportunity to interact with more people in that language, [...]
Posted on April 25, 2009