Internationals sometimes ask me about how one can make sure that during our stays “back home” we have meaningful conversations with our family and friends? Many internationals spend hours in planes, trains, cars, wait in long lines – in traffic, airports, train stations etc…. – having their journeys delayed on their way “back home” or […]
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Internationals struggle to pass on their home languages
Families who live internationally, i.e. who spend several of their children’s developmental years in another country, and whose home languages are different from the communities they live in, usually struggle to pass on their home languages. Especially if these are not English. – This is not an assumption, this is a fact. I observed this […]
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Dutch education explained by Genoveva Geppaart
What internationals need to know about Dutch education system and the many options they have.
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First multilingual non-verbal communication milestones
When children grow up with multiple languages they not only acquire words from different languages, they also learn different gestures.
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The gift of multilingualism (article in Among Worlds)
When Marilyn Gardner asked me to write an article for the September 2019 issue of Among Worlds, Communication: our languages and lexicons I couldn’t resist writing about the gift of multilingualism. I am very honored to see my article published in this magazine dedicated to so many important topics for internationals! – Thank you, Marilyn […]
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