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Multilingual children: speech delay? The misconception surrounding speech delay in multilingual children may arise from the perception of parents who believe that their child's vocabulary and sentence production is slower compared to monolingual peers. Although multilingual children may have a smaller vocabulary in each language individually, scientific evidence suggests that their overall vocabulary size is comparable when considering all the languages. It is crucial to understand that multilingualism itself is not the cause of language difficulties. Language delay is unrelated to the number of languages a child speaks . If your child has received a diagnosis of language or speech delay, rest assured that raising them in different languages will not have any detrimental effects or exacerbate the delay. The only delay is our delay to understand them Any perceived delay in speech or comprehension is primarily on our part as observers or listeners, rather than indicating an actual d...

Multilingual babies can speak any language first, and there is no set order or pattern. It often depends on the child's exposure to the languages and their individual developmental process. Some babies may speak their first words in their mother tongue or the language spoken most often at home. Other babies may start speaking in a language they hear more frequently outside the home or from other caregivers, such as a daycare or a nanny who speaks a different language.

Why write a book on multilingual education "I decided to write this book because I found myself facing the exciting and daunting prospect of raising a child in a bilingual country. As if that wasn't enough, my partner is German and I am Italian, so our child will potentially speak four languages! With Spanish and Catalan being the dominant languages in the area we live in, and Italian and German being our native languages, my partner and I knew we had a challenging but rewarding journey ahead of us.