Comments on: My multilingual journey https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/03/20/my-multilingual-journey/ a blog by a multilingual lifelong expat/international, linguist, researcher, speaker, mother of three, living in the Netherlands and writing about raising children with multiple languages, multiculturalism, parenting abroad, international life... Wed, 10 Jun 2020 18:52:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Why are Africans abandoning their languages? – Part 3 - https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/03/20/my-multilingual-journey/#comment-28388 Wed, 26 Jul 2017 16:27:25 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=1246#comment-28388 […] speaks and writes in German, Italian, French, English and Dutch fluently.  You can also read about her multilingual-journey […]

]]> By: Language preference among bilingual siblings – Ute's International Lounge https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/03/20/my-multilingual-journey/#comment-27620 Fri, 16 Dec 2016 21:14:48 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=1246#comment-27620 […] My multilingual journey (expatsincebirth.com) […]

]]> By: Family Language Strategy - Ute's Expat Lounge https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/03/20/my-multilingual-journey/#comment-26918 Thu, 12 May 2016 13:12:10 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=1246#comment-26918 […] Whatever bilingual strategy we choose for our family situation, everyone involved (parents, caregivers, teachers, extended family etc.) should always make sure to agree on the expectations and on the time and energy we can put into this. Although speaking two or more languages to a toddler seems very feasable, keeping our children bilingual when they start going to school requires a short term and a long term plan. Of course children grow up learning more than one language all over the world without their parents having followed any kind of plans. – I am one of those children and I grew up perfectly multilingual. But I also know that it requires consistency and that there are periods in our life where one language is more dominant than the other and there are constant ups and downs. […]

]]> By: Can monolingual parents have bilingual children? - Ute's Exp https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/03/20/my-multilingual-journey/#comment-21866 Wed, 25 Feb 2015 15:32:57 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=1246#comment-21866 […] languages (English, French and local German dialects). I can say that they succeeded: my sister and I are both bilinguals talking up to 6 languages and raising our children as bilinguals […]

]]> By: Which language to choose (part II) « expatsincebirth https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/03/20/my-multilingual-journey/#comment-12093 Mon, 07 Jul 2014 11:00:19 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=1246#comment-12093 […] basis does not prevent them to use and learn them at a later stage in their lives. – I know by my own experience that this can happen at any stage, even when you’re already […]

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