Did it ever happen to you that people would ask you to repeat what you just said, not because they couldn’t hear you, but because they were incapable of understanding your way of speaking the language? Or maybe you have asked someone to repeat because you didn’t understand what the other person was saying – because […]
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Interview with Yoshito
Yoshito from Multilingual_dad (on Instagram) interviewed me about my multilingual journey and how I raise my children with multiple languages and cultures. We talk about how to manage multiple languages, the sense of identity – in which language and culture or languages and cultures (plural!) we and our children feel mostly “at home” – […]
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The importance of gestures in the language development of babies and infants
Babies start communicating with us from day one. The sounds they utter will become increasable intelligible: from cooing, to babbling, to monosyllable, bi-syllables up to sentences. The journey of language development in babies and infants is quick and has many facets. What many parents forget to consider is that gestures play an important role in […]
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Learning Korean
It is never too late to learn a language. We can learn languages at any time in our life, and it is very healthy for our brain to not only learn languages but also use them regularly.I personally need to enjoy the language I’m speaking or learning. At the moment, I enjoy learning Korean.I have […]
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A reading pen for multilingual families
When Joie shared with me her project of creating a tool for multilingual families that would make reading to their children easier, I was hooked. For parents to record their own voices while reading their children’s books in all their languages was something I wished existed when my children were toddlers! Especially the possibility for […]
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