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Multilingual Envy – It Happens To the Best of Us

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By Corey Heller Photo credit: istockphoto The kids and I are walking down the sidewalk when we see a bunch of people standing outside the library waiting for it to open.  Kids are jumping on rocks and meandering through small bushes, adults sit on the benches reading books and chatting in the sunshine. What a [...]

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The Benefits of Multilingualism

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By Michał B. Paradowski Institute of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw Photo Credit: Anthony Kelley To have another language is to possess a second soul. — Charlemagne (742/7 – 814), King of the Franks Multilingualism is the natural potential available to every normal human being rather than an unusual exception: “Given the appropriate environment, two [...]

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The Benefits of Multilingualism – Full Article

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Michał B. Paradowski Institute of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw Photo Credit: Anthony Kelley To have another language is to possess a second soul. — Charlemagne (742/7 – 814), King of the Franks Multilingualism is the natural potential available to every normal human being rather than an unusual exception; it is only the environmental factors [...]

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Families

Bilingual Homeschooling: Teaching Children at Home

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By Corey Heller “Last year when my son started school, things really started to change,” reported a woman in my seminar on Raising Bilingual Children. “I can’t get him to say one word in Chinese anymore.  He even said that he hates it when I speak Chinese with him!” Another woman piped in saying “Now [...]

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Non-Native Speakers Can Raise Multilingual Children!

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By Corey Heller Emma is French and lives in France with her Russian husband and two children.  “My husband and I both speak Russian to our daughters even though it isn’t my native language,” she says.  “Sometimes I wonder if it is the right thing to do because I feel my Russian language skills aren’t [...]

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Language Tips

Listen to Your Multilingual Child to Encourage Language Learning

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When your multilingual children are speaking with you, do you give them your undivided attention?  Do you provide answers that show that you are really listening?  That you are truly engaged with what they are saying?  Or are many of your answers in the form of a distracted, “Uh-huh” or “Mmmm”? To encourage our multilingual [...]

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