Multilingual edu

Multilingual education

In our globalized world, raising multilingual children has become increasingly important. However, it can also be challenging. These posts, taken from an unpublished book, are a guide for parents who want to navigate this process successfully. We will explore the benefits of multilingualism and provide practical advice on how to create a language-rich environment, find resources to support language learning, and overcome potential challenges. Whether you are a multilingual family or simply interested in raising your children to be multilingual, these articles will help you support your children's language development and cultural understanding.

Nel mondo globalizzato in cui viviamo, educare bambini multilingue è diventato sempre più importante e comune. Tuttavia, può essere anche una sfida. Questa serie di post è una guida per quei genitori che vogliono affrontare questo processo con successo. Esploreremo infatti benefici del multilinguismo e forniremo consigli pratici su come creare un ambiente linguistico ricco, trovare risorse per aiutare nell'apprendimento delle lingue e superare potenziali difficoltà. Che siate una famiglia multilingue o semplicemente interessati ad educare i vostri bambini a essere multilingue, questi articoli vi aiuteranno a favorire lo sviluppo linguistico e la comprensione culturale dei vostri bambini.

Raising multilingual children - intro

Why write a book on multilingual education

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Being multilingual: benefits

Multilingual around the world 
➛Being multilingual is easier than you may think.

Multilingual and brain resources 

➛Does being multilingual divert brain resources away from other areas of development?

Stages of Speech and Language Development
➛Do they get confused?

2

Deciding on Your Family's Language Strategy -who speaks what and when.

➛ OPOL, mL@H, T&S, 2P2L

Passive language learning - when the parents speak another language beetween them.

Mixed English Exposure: Influence on Child Language Development - Mixed English by Non-native Parents.

The Magic of Motherese: How Baby Talk Supports Early Language Development

3

While in womb

Language Enrichment for the Unborn

➛Activities to Connect and Stimulate Language Development 
➛Harmonizing with Your Multilingual Unborn

Chatting with Your Little One: the first month

➛Activity: Home sweet home!

Your Newborn's Second Month: It's nappy-changing time!

➛It's nappy-changing time!

Magical Moments: Language Exploration for 3-Month-Olds through Finger Puppets and Light

Multilingual babies: their first words

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Questioning Multilingual Exposure: Parents' Dilemma Over Language Learning for Their Children - Given my child's struggle with languages, am I making the right decision by exposing her/him to multiple languages?
Multilingual children speech delay

➛The only delay is our delay to understand them!
➛Language mixing

Level of proficiency

➛ the Endless Journey of Language Learning

Navigating Language Refusal in Multilingual Families

How to introduce another language to a multilingual child

I need to speak a second language to my multilingual child