Tag Archives: Trilingualism

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

The expert’s advice: English as a third language

Posted in Real Life, Research by Bilingual For Fun
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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

The expert answers: Does Trilingualism cause Confusion or Delays?

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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

My baby is bilingual, how can I help him learn English too?

Posted in Bilingualism by L.
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I’ll give a straight answer to this question (which I’m hearing quite often now): Don’t. English is clearly the one language we all need to speak now, so all to often parents of bilingual children are worried that their child should learn English early on too, but obviously don’t know how to go about it. [...]
Posted on May 25, 2009

Children who can speak two languages are better at learning a third language

Posted in Research by L.
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This interesting article based on research from Nothwestern University shows how bilingual children are better at learning a new foreign language than monolingual children. The implications are ery relevant for all multilingual and international families, who don’t need to worry about their kids learning English too early on (when English is not part ofb the [...]
Posted on May 25, 2009

Linda and her international, and multilingual, family

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Linda and her family are americans and live in Rome. But soon they’ll be off to Bali for a while. Well, that’s a nice family on the road, proving all of us that life and travelling don’t end when kids are born. By the way, their technique is MLAH. Thanks, Linda. My husband and I are [...]
Posted on April 26, 2009

Lisa's recipe for trilingualism

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Lisa has three children, and she has succefully raised them trilingual. Her recipe is simple: each parents speaks his/her own language, the third language is learnt at school.  However she does have a secret ingredient: the whole family follows the (OPOL) rule, always and without exceptions. That’s not easy to do, but it seems to pay off… I am [...]
Posted on April 26, 2009