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Raising bilingual children is a wonderful gift that opens doors to cultural understanding and enhanced communication skills. However, it’s not without its challenges. As parents, we may inadvertently make mistakes that hinder our children’s language development. In this blog post, we will explore five common mistakes parents make when raising bilingual kids, and provide valuable …

Lost in Translation: Avoid These 5 Mistakes When Raising Bilingual Kids Read More »

As parents raising bilingual children, we often strive to develop their fluency in both languages. However, we understand that it can be challenging to ensure that the minority language receives sufficient attention and practise. Everyday life is often taken over by the majority language that is spoken around us. Yet, it is incredibly important to …

Empowering Spoken Fluency: 8 Strategies to Nurture the Minority Language in Your Bilingual Child Read More »

Being bilingual, or even multilingual, has many incredible benefits. Bilingual education forms connections—connections between countries and cultures, people and ideas. The ability to speak another language opens up a wealth of opportunities for children; from meeting interesting people to learning about other cultures to travelling and finding fantastic work opportunities later in life, bilingualism and …

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I absolutely love books! Reading gives me a break from our fast-paced world. Besides the very obvious advantages of reading (it gives you a break, you learn about new things, etc.), reading can also be a powerful tool for young language learners. No matter what second language your little one is learning, reading can help them …

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Before we talk about a couple of tips on how to support your child during the silent period, we will take a closer look at what the silent period actually means. What is the silent period / silent phase? When a child stops speaking in their second language (or only says a few words), then …

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Art can be a fantastic tool to enhance a child’s second language learning journey. Visuals can help kids understand new words and concepts. In second language learning, art can be used to introduce new vocabulary such as colours and shapes. It can be used to explain new structures, and it can help create interesting conversations …

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One question that I’m being asked quite often is whether it is easy for children to learn a foreign language. The answer is difficult. Although I totally agree that children can often absorb aspects of a language quite quickly, I find the general assumption that “young children are like sponges” difficult. I have seen how …

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Acquiring a second language is never easy, but it can be made much simpler with the help of music! I use music almost weekly in my language lessons. Especially young children, they just love it. The rhythm of the music helps them to internalise certain words and phrases; it works like an icebreaker, and the …

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In our previous blog posts, we have explored the mixed language strategy and the one person, one language method. Now we will take a closer look at the Minority Language at Home (MLAH) method, which is also widely popular. The Minority Language at Home method is a language-learning strategy that focuses on having the minority …

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