Language Consultant, Intercultural Communication Trainer and Language Expert at Ute's International Lounge.
In addition to my post about the importance of reading aloud, I would like to make an example for English. Every non-native speaker will struggle with the pronunciation of English and sooner or later will understand that English is not an easy language. Maybe the grammar is easier […]
We usually tend to read less to our children when they start reading by themselves. It’s such a big milestone to be able to read everything from the ingredients on the food-packages, the countless adverts, to the biggest book on the shelf! The world of words is now […]
This post is somehow a response in a dialogical way, to the brilliant post by Rita Rosenback “7 things you should not say to a bilingual child“. I did experience some of the 7 things she listed up and I totally agree with her that “children can be […]
I know many parents who don’t allow their children to play with certain toys or do certain craft works at home because they simply fear the tidying up process afterwards. A part the fact that certain things just come with the package of being parent (i.e. diapers, sleepless […]
Do you know that feeling when the smell of something or listening to music brings you back in time, reminds you of happy moments spent with dear friends or family? Smells and sounds have this effect on me. They bring me back in time and I feel exactly […]
It’s never too late, but if you decide to re-introduce a family language, there are some things to consider.
Ute Limacher-Riebold Hi, I am Ute and I’m the author of this blog. I live in the Netherlands with my husband and our three children. I’m multilingual and I speak and write in German, Italian, French, English and Dutch fluently. I was born in Switzerland, grew up in […]
In a recent article, Nick Stockton comments on a study published in Science where “a team of geographers (from the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital in Vienna) used data snapshots to create a broad analysis of global migrations over 20 years”. This kind of study is quite […]
