Showing posts with label familyinterview. Show all posts
Showing posts with label familyinterview. Show all posts

Multilingualism in my family: Caroline's story

4 Oct 2017

This month's instalment of multilingualism in my family comes from Caroline, Michael and their two children. They are a trilingual family (Polish, German and English) currently in Germany. Caroline tells me answering these questions was a real eye-opener as she found it actually difficult to describe their situation exactly as she wanted. Here is their multilingual story.


Multilingualism in my family: Adriano's story

28 Jun 2017

This month's instalment of multilingualism in my family introduces Adriano, Marzena and their quadrilingual family. Their story is very similar to ours. They live and breathe in four languages daily and it all flows pretty naturally. Read about their Italian, Polish, German and English adventures below.

Photo via David Corral (Flickr)

Multilingualism in my family: Monica's story

31 May 2017

This month's instalment of multilingualism in my family introduces Monica and her multilingual family. She is raising two children in Germany with Spanish, Swedish and German. Monica is also a researcher in language acquisition, so some of her answers may be a little influenced (in a good way) by that fact. Her children are beyond the early childhood phase and it is so lovely to read someone say: don't worry so much.

Multilingualism in my family: Peggy's story

25 Apr 2017


This month's instalment of multilingualism in my family introduces Peggy and her multilingual family. She is raising4 children in Sweden with English, Swedish, German and French and she runs her own business. You could say she is Super Mama!

Multilingualism in my family: Elodie's story

23 Mar 2017

Image by Eric Adresen on Flickr

This month's instalment of multilingualism in my family introduces Elodie and her trilingual family. She is raising one (soon two) child in Munich, Germany. Her story about the changing seasons in her boy's language use tells us to persevere.

Multilingualism in my family: Guillaume's story

8 Feb 2017

It has been a really really long time since I have posted an instalment of this series. As a reminder, these family interviews just serve one important purpose in my opinion: to remind us all that there is NOT one way of raising multilingual children. 

Image by Eltpics via FLickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/eltpics/

Multilingualism in my family: Frances' story

24 Jun 2015

Meet Frances and her family. Frances' story is a little different from the ones I have published before in that she only introduced her son to her language when he was 4. But it is a great success story too. Read on. It is never too late!
via Flickr - by Nick W

Multilingualism in my family: Audrey's story

2 Feb 2015

Meet Audrey and her young family from the East Coast. Audrey is a non-native Spanish speaker. She has a  background in linguistics. She is only beginning her journey into multilingualism as a parent but she offers some great advice for other parents starting out.

Photo by J. Chan via Flickr

Multilingualism in my family: Michelle S's story

5 Jan 2015

It has been a long time since I have posted an instalment of this series. So, here it goes: an English-German speaking family in Germany. I really love Michelle's last comment about mentioning bilingualism from the get go when looking for childcare. This has always been crucial to me too and always asked how they felt about it.

via mkorsakov (Flickr)

Multilingualism in my family: Phoebe's story

30 Jun 2014

It has been a long time since I posted one of those: Multilingualism in my family. This month we meet Phoebe and her family. She lives in France and is raising her children to speak French and English. I love how languages seem to flow very naturally at the dinner table!
You can find out more about her family and life on her blog.

French-English sign in Canada via Scazon on Flickr

Multilingualism in my family: Ivana's story

4 Feb 2014

In our monthly instalment of Multilingualism in my family, we meet Ivana and her lovely family raising a daughter in Germany. I have known Ivana personally for a few months now and I admire her determination with passing on so many languages (Slovenian, Croatian, Italian, German and English) to her daughter. Make your own opinion by reading her story.

Slovenian/Croatian road sign via John C Bullas BSc MSc PhD...

Multilingualism in my family: Sandra A's story

7 Jan 2014

In our monthly instalment of Multilingualism in my family, we meet Sandra and her lovely family. She is a Portuguese speaker and is raising two boys trilingually with French and English. Sandra answered the questions as she was preparing for a big international move which meant her language situation was about to change. I hope to revisit her in a few months to see how her family has adapted linguistically.

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Bilingual sign in Belgium via Flickr

Multilingualism in my family: Lina's story

13 Dec 2013

In our monthly instalment of Multilingualism in my family, we meet Lina, her husband and three children who live in the USA. The children are bilingual Chinese/English. Lina outlines some great ideas she uses to get her children engaged and learning. She also gives a lot of freedom to her 5-year-old to reply in the language she chooses. Happy reading!

© David Yu Photography

Multilingualism in my family: Amanda's story

5 Nov 2013

In our monthly installment of Multilingualism in my family, we meet Amanda and her family in the USA. Amanda is raising her two children to be bilingual and is also a teacher of Mandarin. She is full of great tips and activities to do with your kids. Go and check out her website if you are interested in Mandarin.


Multilingualism in my family: Ute's story

8 Oct 2013

In our monthly instalment of Multilingualism in my family, we meet Ute and her family in The Netherlands. Now, Ute is a woman extraordinaire, a multilingual of many talents! She is raising her children (including twins) to be mutlilingual too, of course. And she writes a great blog full of helpful tips for families and expats. I love how she divided my question about the percentages into school days, weekends and holidays. Happy reading!

Street in Switzerland - C. Hüsler via Flickr

Multilingualism in my family: Jan's story

3 Sept 2013

In our monthly instalment of Multilingualism in my family, we meet Jan (aka Babel Dad) and his family in Manchester, England. I am sure you are familiar with Babel Dad and Babel Mum. If you are not, please do follow their blog. It is one of my favourite. They are raising their 3 daughters (referred to as BK) with 4 languages (just like us).

by Damouns via Flickr

Multilingualism in my family: Stephen's story

6 Aug 2013

In our monthly instalment of Multilingualism in my family, we meet Stephen and his family in Curitiba, Brazil. Stephen is an English speaker living in Brazil with his wife, a Brazilian Portuguese speaker. They are raising their son, 2, to be bilingual. Stephen tells how writing his blog has helped him.


Multilingualism in my family: Anita's story

2 Jul 2013

In our monthly instalment of Multilingualism in my family, we meet Anita and her family in Spain.
Anita is French and is raising her daughter bilingually. Anita shares her sadness at people thinking that a shy little girl not answering their question may be caused by bilingualism. I share that feeling! Many of us do. She also explains how bilingualism is still seen negatively in some parts of Spain.

© Borkur via Flickr

Multilingualism in my family: Maria's story

4 Jun 2013

In our monthly instalment of Multilingualism in my family, we meet Maria and her family in Paris, France.
Maria's blog was one of the first one I ever read when I started getting interested in blogging. She is raising her 4 children to be trilingual: French, Spanish and English. What best describes her? Everything is in her last comment. Go there first!

via Olibac on Flickr

Multilingualism in my family: Adam's story

7 May 2013

In our monthly instalment of Multilingualism in my family, we meet Adam and his family in Japan.
Adam and his wife are raising their two children to be bilingual: Japanese and English. You may already be familiar with Adam's blog which is full of very helpful resources and tips for parents of multilingual children. Adam tells us how reading is at the heart of his family's language strategy. I admire his dedication (making videos of yourself speaking the minority language - woah!!!).

Triligual road sign in Japan - via Flickr
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