“I don’t want to be reminded of my {insert language} lessons in school” is one of the most common things we hear parents say about learning a new language with their little ones....
When learning a new language, babies and young children respond really well to repetition, short phrases, changes in pitch and emotional tone of voice.
Nursery rhymes and songs are therefore the...
Words please, maestro!
Yes, you are like a conductor directing a full orchestra of linguistic choices in your head.
Do you say 'hiya' to your close friends and 'good morning' in more formal...
Just how many times have you heard this – “the earlier the better” when it comes to learning languages?
But is this really the case?
First, it’s really important to...
These are some of the seriously cool benefits of learning languages:
Improved social skills
Appreciation of diversity
Can delay the onset of dementia by 4-5 years!
Can improve memory, the...
Don't you find there's so much conflicting advice out there on the dos and don't of parenting?!
It's definitely the case with teaching your children languages too...
- "the younger the better"
- "the...
Don’t you think it’s weird that the English word ‘two’ has a silent ‘W’ in it? Especially when all the other numbers that start with a ‘tw’ we...
Translanguaging is an increasingly popular buzzword in education, but what does it really entail? How can monolingual teachers make use of their pupils' multilingual repertoires?
I think it's...
You've been speaking your home language (e.g. Lithuanian) together since they were born. Your little one is about to start school. Should you switch to the majority language, such as English in the...
There is so much confusion around mixing languages, and it worries me that parents and children are often left feeling ashamed of this very natural, normal, and creative by-product of bilingualism....
Who doesn’t love a pancake? Whether you’re a savoury or sweet pancake-lover, ‘Pancake Day’ is celebrated around the world in many iterations. The tradition has roots in...
We did it! We published the Multilingual is Normal book, an anthology of sixty voices, talking about talking, in just one month from launch on 10th July to publication day on 10th August 2020!
This...
