multilingualism

Celebrations

Happy Holidays from Multilingual Living!

by Corey

 

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General Multilingualism

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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General Multilingualism

Immigration and Language

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By Bettina Ribes-Gil Originally published in Multilingual Living Magazine Photo credit: hatman12 An immigrant is a person living in a country that is not their own, often separated from the core family and in a culture with which they are not familiar. They include diplomats, officials working for international organizations, multinational corporations and international banks, [...]

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Ask an Expert

The End of a Multilingual Living Era

by Corey
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There are many websites supporting families raising bilingual children nowadays. Some support specific languages and cultures while others support parents in general with sections that focus on bilingualism.  However, when we first started ours at the end of 2002, there was nothing. You could find a page or two of information and a few listservs, [...]

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Multilingual Musings

Multilingual Road Trip! When Languages Collide

by Corey
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By Corey Heller Photo credit: TDC Digital As we mentioned in Multilingual Road Trip! The Answer to Living Multilingually, we are on a road trip along the Pacific Coast right now. We started in Seattle and made our first stop at Crater Lake. Gorgeous! We then continued on to San Francisco to stay with my [...]

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Week in Review

Multilingual Living’s Weekend Review

by Corey
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This is a list of articles, Tweets, Facebook posts and links that we think you might enjoy this weekend. Thank you everyone for sharing your tips, tweets, emails and more with me! Were it not for you, this post wouldn’t even be here! The Newsletter is Alive Again! After a few weeks of rest, the [...]

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Families

The ABC’s of Multilingual Parenting: The Letter B

by Corey
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B is for BELIEVE in yourself and your abilities! This is no time to start second guessing your strengths and focusing on your weaknesses. Come up with a plan and see how it goes. If you tell yourself that you can’t do it for any of a number of reasons, then you are setting a [...]

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