Comments on: Some multimedia resources for (my) multilingual and multicultural children… https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/10/09/some-multimedia-resources-for-my-multilingual-and-multicultural-children/ 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... Mon, 08 Jan 2018 12:53:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.3 By: Jan https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/10/09/some-multimedia-resources-for-my-multilingual-and-multicultural-children/#comment-8165 Fri, 07 Feb 2014 00:21:01 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=2348#comment-8165 Thank you for sharing some great links 🙂

]]> By: expatsincebirth https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/10/09/some-multimedia-resources-for-my-multilingual-and-multicultural-children/#comment-5893 Fri, 01 Nov 2013 14:26:32 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=2348#comment-5893 In reply to Bridge Builder.

Have you tried to watch the videos from “Die Sendung mit der Maus” via internet? http://www.wdrmaus.de/sachgeschichten/filme.php5. We don’t watch TV “the conventional way” anymore. We choose the films and shows we like and watch them online when we want.

]]> By: Bridge Builder https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/10/09/some-multimedia-resources-for-my-multilingual-and-multicultural-children/#comment-5890 Fri, 01 Nov 2013 12:49:42 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=2348#comment-5890 CeeBeebies and Sendung mit dem Elefanten are some of my children’s favorites too. Unfortunately we can not receive German TV in South Africa and the BBC is also too expensive. But I am always asking German friends to record some of the shows and my kids love watching them on an external harddrive full of good shows!

]]> By: expatsincebirth https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/10/09/some-multimedia-resources-for-my-multilingual-and-multicultural-children/#comment-4568 Thu, 10 Oct 2013 10:02:30 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=2348#comment-4568 In reply to Jonathan.

Thank you, Jonathan. I really liked your post. I teach since 1993 (ok, feeling old again…) and really appreciate the tools we have nowadays. Especially for when I teach my kids at home, I have plenty of material to download. It makes my life much easier. And the apps are great too. When someone says to me that it’s so “hard” to learn a new language, I sometimes say “well, it was really hard when my parents were young and there were no books available for adults, but now: you just have to push a button (well, maybe more than one…)”. I have a post about teaching our multilingual kids (and keeping them interested in learning languages!) in the pipeline (for the next carnival).

]]> By: Jonathan https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/10/09/some-multimedia-resources-for-my-multilingual-and-multicultural-children/#comment-4526 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 20:11:51 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=2348#comment-4526 I liked reading this. You’re so right about the internet making it so much easier to learn languages and learn about different cultures. Things have moved forward lots in the last 10 years, which have made things easier when it comes to teaching languages. When I taught English in Lille from 2002-4, I’d try to record lots of short programmes and reports from the BBC when I was back home in Scotland. Now I teach French in Wales, and it’s great to have access to so many materials via the web, podcasts and apps. Thanks for posting a link to my recent post.

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