12 Common Myths and Misconceptions about Bilingual Children
Infograph listing some common myths about bilingual children and the factual information about them By Barbara Zurer Pearson, author of the book Raising a Bilingual Child Posted on...
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PDF-file Written by the linguists Antonella Sorace and Bob Ladd Linguistic Society of America Covers the most frequent questions from parents about raising bilingual children and gives a...
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Your Voice | 27 Jan 2010 Video where language experts Ellen Bialystok, Laura-Ann Petitto and Peter Gazzellone discuss issues to do with children learning multiple languages Created by Your...
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Better TV | 1 Feb 2008 Video with practical tips for parents raising bilingual children Presents resources they can use in their direct environment View this item
View ArticleHow to Teach a Child Another Language
eindividualhealth.com | 6 Jun 2011 Video by a speech pathologist giving al kinds of practical tips about raising bilingual children by answering common questions Topics include vocabulary and...
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Better TV | 18 Jan 2008 Video about bilingual immersion education Discusses the benefits to putting your child in a school where they speak another language View this item
View ArticleThe Benefits of Bilingualism for Deaf Children
ASL students at University of Pennsylvania | 9 April 2008 Video about raising deaf children bilingually Discusses the advantages of mastering both sign language and spoken language View this item
View ArticleBilingual Family Newsletter
Quarterly publication from Multilingual Matters Contains short, informative articles by professionals working with and by parents of bilingual children Readership from a wide variety of...
View ArticleLanguage Lizard
Website about dual language learning Aimed at teachers, librarians and families supporting children with diverse language needs Offers information on many topics, such as multicultural lesson...
View ArticleInterview with the creators of Growing Up Bilingual
Ivana Brasileiro - Who are you and what is your function at the University of Utrecht? My name is Ivana Brasileiro and I am an Education and Internationalisation staff member at the Economy Department....
View ArticleIssue 11 from Magazine ‘Kinderen in Europa’ (July 2007)
“This issue discusses languages in Europe, and particularly the appreciation of our multilingual society and the promotion of multilingualism in young children and their families.” Available...
View ArticleTaalstudio
Dutch website The Taalstudio (language studio) is the organisation of linguist Maaike Verrips Its goal is to make scientific knowledge available for practical purposes. Contains all kinds of...
View ArticleBragging about a bilingual child
In this blog Linguist Ivana Brasileiro talks about her personal experience with raising a bilingual child. Don’t most mums think they have mothered baby Einstein? Well… I am no exception. I am...
View ArticleKentalis
Dutch site about multilingualism in families with children who have communicative and/or auditive limitations Gives information and offers resources, such as books, which can also be bought...
View ArticleMercator
Website of The Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, part of the Fryske Akademy Presents information collected via research about language learning and use...
View ArticleHow to write your name in two languages
By: Manuela Pinto Writing his name properly has always been an important issue for my 6-year-old son. I have not yet managed to convince him that his name is the same in every language. He is called...
View Article10 Proven Brain Benefits of Being Bilingual
Lists ten ways in which the brain benefits from being multilingual, including heightened creativity and a faster response time. Interesting for those that are on the fence about bilingual...
View ArticleMELT research paper
Research paper summarising findings of the MELT project “Summary of relevant literature on early multilingual learning, related to European smaller state and regional & minority language...
View ArticleSuccessful aging and bilingualism
By: Merel Keijzer If there is one thing that this website hopes to achieve is to communicate to parents and to professional caregivers that there are many advantages to raising your child bilingually....
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