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practical tips

Raising bilingual children

  • Speak to your child daily in the language you are most proficient

  • Enjoy language with your child: Why not sing together the lullabies your mum use to sing to you?

  • Read in your language to your child preferably from very early on

  • When dealing with unwanted behaviour avoid using the target language

  • Meet with friends that share the same language and also have kids

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7 facts about the bilingual brain

  • Greater metalinguistic awareness

  • Sophisticated classification skills

  • Better concept formation

  • Improved analogical reasoning

  • Better visual-spatial skills

  • Refined storytelling skills

  • Robust semantic development

Age of acquisition

A common question from parents is, when is it too late to start supporting your child with an additional language?

This question often comes from parents who want to support their child to learn  a language that that is not common for either of the parents..

This article is also based on theory on the linguistic field by researchers.

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