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It is generally preferable to find another person to speak a second language to your child in order to maintain the One Parent, One Language (OPOL) method, as discussed in our previous post ( how to introduce another language to a multilingual child ).  However, if finding someone else to speak the language is not feasible, you may need to speak the second language to your child yourself. Here are some tips to help you:

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.