General Multilingualism

General Multilingualism

QUIZ: What Type of Multilingual Parent Are You?

by Corey
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By Alice Lapuerta Originally published in Multilingual Living Magazine What type of multilingual parent do you think you are? Take our quiz and find out. Make sure to answer honestly! You might be surprised at the results.

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My Husband Teaches Physics in a Non-Native Language – Because He Can

by Corey
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By Corey Heller Photo credit: Waifer X My husband was born in Germany and attended German public schools. He started learning English in 5th grade and continued all through school. His teachers often had German accents when they spoke English and it is possible they made mistakes from time to time. But he learned English [...]

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Don’t They Speak Spanish in Spain?

by Alice
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By Alice Lapuerta Originally appeared in Multilingual Living Magazine. Opening a Can of Worms I always thought that in Spain, they speak Spanish. All of them. It was only after I met my friend and flat mate Maria that I learned that this is not the case. Maria is from Valencia and speaks Valencian. This [...]

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Why Our Top 10 Excuses NOT to Learn a Language Don’t Hold Water

by Corey
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By Corey Heller Photo © 2011 J. Ronald Lee For those of you who read Top 10 Excuses We Like to Give for NOT Learning a Language, this post is my rebuttal for why those excuses don’t hold water. They are things we say to buy a little more time or to get people off [...]

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Top 10 Excuses We Like to Give for NOT Learning a Language

by Corey
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By Corey Heller Photo credit: Mattastic! Excuses, procrastination, avoidance… we all know these: Not enough time. Too many distractions. Life is simply too hectic. Over the years I have uttered my own excuses for not working on my foreign language skills (and I still do!). I know that it is simply a matter of priorities [...]

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What Happens to Second-Generation International Children?

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By Bettina Ribes-Gil Photo credit: CarbonNYC Introduction As a follow-up to my article on Immigration and Language, the question arises of what happens to the second-generation international children? A definition of a second-generation international child is that at least one parent was born outside the host country. Purists require both parents to be foreign-born. The [...]

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English as a Third Language (L3) in Our Classrooms!?

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By Charissa Reijmers Photo credit: woodleywonderworks Introduction This article is aimed at ESL teachers worldwide. As the term ESL (English as a Second Language) indicates, the way we teach is usually focused on learners who learn English as their second language. For many learners English might not be their second (L2) but their third (L3) [...]

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