Nov 1, 2019
Newly expecting and want to pursue bilingualism for your bilingüito to be? In this episode, we're sharing three things you can do right NOW, while baby is still in the womb, to set up an environment primed for bilingualism. If you've already got your little ones running around, this episode will still have some great...
Aug 11, 2019
This is the second episode of a series of Bilingual Parenting Strategy episodes. Here we dive into the MLAH strategy, or Minority Language at Home. Each of these FLP episodes will be broken down like this: strategy description, major benefits, potential obstacles with ways to combat them, and then discuss...
Jun 14, 2019
This is the first episode of a series of Bilingual Parenting Strategy episodes. Later on we will have an entire episode dedicated to exploring the concept of family language policy (FLP), but wanted to first dive right in to OPOL, One Parent One Language households. Each of these FLP episodes will be broken down like...
Apr 5, 2019
Before we get too far along, it's time to sit down and define some crucial terms that are often thrown around in the fields of bilingualism and child language acquisition. By outlining exactly what we mean by these terms, we can all be on the same page and leave out any guess work. However, this extra introduction...
Mar 18, 2019
"Why do you speak to your kids in another language" - A stranger at the store; "Do you think that she's a little confused because of the two languages?" - Her teacher; "Mommy why can't we just speak normal!?" - Your child. Are you ever faced with situations like these? Do you find YOURSELF questioning "WHY AM I DOING...