Leading an international life is exciting: you get to live in other countries, dive into other cultures and languages, and you have friends in many different places. The world is your oyster. What most people who embark on this kind of journey tend to forget, is that this is only one side of the medal. […]
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Using different languages at home…and at school…
Families who juggle several languages on a daily basis, tend to switch from one language to the other when a word in the other language comes to mind faster and fits the context so that we can make our point in a conversation. We use to code-switch only with people who share the languages we […]
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Travelling with minors in Europe
If you travel with children in Europe you need to know that in case you are the only parent or adult taking a train or plane with your minor child or the minor child of a friend or family member, you should let the other parent or the parents fill out an authorisation form for […]
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Family and Friends
by Sareen McLay from www.switchthekettleonlove.com ‘What I wish I knew’ before I left my home country has become for me, as I think about it, really a series of what ‘I didn’t know then.’ It’s always going to be the little things isn’t it? The men packing up our house promised me the airfreight would […]
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International and Bilingual Schools and Daycares in The Hague area
The Hague’s International Schools Many international schools are partly funded by the Dutch Ministry of Education, which means that they have to abide by the standards and rules of this ministry. International education is available for children from the age of 4 and mostly prepares children for the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) […]
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