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Guest Post: Why Your Child Understands But Won’t Speak (And What “Copying” Can Teach Us About Bridging That Gap)

I grew up in Germany as the child of immigrants, and for as long as I can remember, I lived between two worlds of language. At school and with friends, everything was in German. At home, my parents spoke their own language, and I understood every word. But for a long time, I mostly answered in German. Not because I didn’t know the other language, not because I didn’t care about it, but because understanding it and actually producing it felt like

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This Could Be Your Child’s Favorite Gift for Christmas This Year

“Bearded Dragon, Home Alone” is perfect for parents raising bilingual or multilingual kids because the fun-filled story is conveyed through the pictures alone, which means you can share the book with your children in any language you like! What’s more, you can also tailor the telling of the story to your child’s age and ability, whether in a more simple or more sophisticated way—and have the child tell the story to you, too! This means that the book

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Bilingual Success Stories #7: Non-Native Parents of English Raise Actively English-Speaking Kids

The bilingual journey of this Spanish family is an encouraging example, in a number of ways, of non-native parents nurturing early success. It shows that, despite being non-native speakers of the target language who acknowledge shortcomings in their own language skills, Cristina and Pedro have nevertheless been able to generate significant progress in their children’s bilingual ability through their attitude and actions. And even when faced with difficulties along the way

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