Do you fill the silence in conversations? Do you feel the urge to respond while the other person is still speaking? Communication varies across languages and cultures, and multilinguals can adjust to different patterns, paces and turn takings. Can you?
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Native Teachers or Non-Native Teachers – that’s NOT the question!
What is better a native speaker or a non-native speaker as language teacher for my child, or for me? Find out what to watch out for in this post.
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Throw a rope of hope when saying goodbye
Saying goodbye is always difficult. Some of us have routines or strategies when saying goodbye, they build a R.A.F.T.. Many put themselves, mentally, already in the other or next place not to feel the pain of the goodbye, others go through the pain of the moment, cry, feel upset and then, when they have cried […]
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When learning languages, is the earlier the better?
Multilingual Parents are often keen to speak several languages with their children and can’t wait to introduce more languages. In the end: the sooner the better, right? Well, not really. If we shower our children with a lot of languages from early on, without them needing them it can become a challenge to maintain them. […]
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Multilingual Language Timelines
In our multilingual language timeline we can discover how many languages we have acquired or learned along the way.
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