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Language Challenge 101 – Week Eight

by Corey on September 3, 2010 · 0 comments

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¡Hola, amigos!

Welcome to week eight of Multilingual Living’s Language Challenge 101 – learning a language over the course of 101 days. If you missed our first few weeks, just click on the Language Challenge 101 button on the very left of this website page and you’ll find everything we have done so far. Read more…

Will Teaching Our Multilingual Child Sign Language Help Or Hinder?

by expert 2 September 2010 Ask an Expert
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Both my nephews learned baby sign language with their parents, and could sign simple things before they were one. They continued to use baby sign language even as they learned how to speak… it was in a way their “second language”. My sister-in-law sent me the DVD about baby sign language and recommended it to [...]

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Language Activity: Clothes and Cutlery with Our Bilingual Children

by Corey 1 September 2010 Activities
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Multilingual Living friend, Gemma, sent in the following tip for how she gets her bilingual child motivated to learn words for clothes and cutlery in the minority language.  What a fun way to get the household chores done! Thank you Gemma for taking the time to send in this wonderful tip!

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The Joy of Swearing in a Non-Native Language

by Corey 31 August 2010 Families
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By Corey Heller Photo Credit: Ben and Kaz Askins Today was not a day that I am proud of.  I yelled at my German husband in front of my multilingual kids.  And, as always, I regretted it later. My patient husband kept calm – which made me even more annoyed. Is that a German trait, [...]

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Multilingualism & Disorders: Do Bilingual Children Tend to Have Language Delay?

by expert 30 August 2010 Expert Advice
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Multilingualism is neither odd nor worrying: what is odd, and very worrying, are the views that persist about it. The topics in this Multilingualism & Disorders series aim at clarifying the misconceptions that associate multilingualism with disorders. Each topic offers a brief introduction to common questions, and includes one token reference, which either marks watershed [...]

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Week in Review: Aug 23 – Aug 29

by Corey 29 August 2010 Week in Review
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This is a review of the interesting articles, Tweets, Facebook posts and more which took place this week in and around our Multilingual Living universe. Thank you everyone for sharing your tips with me! Keep them coming!

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The Speckled Band: Or Learning English with Sherlock Holmes

by Alice 28 August 2010 Jabberlingual
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By Alice Lapuerta Originally appeared at the Bilingual/Bicultural Family Network in July 2006 Photo credit: Alterego “It was the band! The speckled band!!!” my mother read with dramatic intonation. My brothers and I huddled against her. I didn’t understand a word she said, but fidgeted around with excitement nevertheless. “Was ist das, ‘speckled band’?” we [...]

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Language Challenge 101 – Week Seven

by Corey 27 August 2010 Language Challenge 101
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¡Hola, amigos! Welcome to week seven of Multilingual Living’s Language Challenge 101 – learning a language over the course of 101 days. If you missed our first few weeks, just click on the Language Challenge 101 button on the very left of this website page and you’ll find everything we have done so far.

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Making Language Deals at the Dinner Table

by Corey 26 August 2010 Families
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By Corey Heller Originally appeared at An American Between Worlds in April 2008 My husband and I often speak English with one another. Ok, I’ll admit it, we speak English with one another much of the time. It comes naturally to us.  It was the language we spoke when we met 16 years ago on [...]

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Language Activity: ¡Tamal Caliente!

by Corey 25 August 2010 Activities
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This language activity was sent in by Jennifer Manriquez, a bilingual mom and founder of Bilingual Fun. Friends of Multilingual Living get a 10% discount on all Bilingual Fun products! Just email Jennifer letting her know what you want to order and that you are a friend of Multilingual Living. That’s all you have to [...]

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Please Say Hello to Our New Friend: Discussion Forum

by Corey 24 August 2010 Multilingual Musings
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It is with pleasure and delight that I introduce a new addition to the Multilingual Living family.  It is a baby of sorts – one that will need care and attention.  A budding fellow traveler along the path of living life more multilingually. Please say hola, 你好, namaskar, góðan dag, bonjour, नमस्ते, sal, dia duit, [...]

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