– Interview with Prof. em François Grosjean par Kathryn Baxter from Tea with KBC (you can find the English transcript of this interview here) Dans un interview Prof. em. François Grosjean avec Kathryn Baxter (podcast Tea with KBC) au sujet du bilinguisme, il partage son parcours personnel, ses théories, les principes, la définition, sa mission. Même si […]
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Communicating with children while wearing masks
– with Ariadne Lee, Christina Blanco, Jessica Lonis, Dr. Liz Fuller Rodano, Roya Caviglia and Shaymaa M. Babies, toddlers and preschoolers are highly relying on facial expression and lip movement when acquiring and learning language. Considering the current situation, David J. Lewkowicz points out in an article on Scientific American that “masks can be detrimental […]
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Do multilingual children automatically become multilingual adults?
Everyone is talking about multilingualism. Until recently there were still many concerns about a multilingual upbringing – it was feared that children would not be able to speak one or the other language ‘properly’ (whatever this means!) – we now know that multilingualism has all sorts of positive effects on speaking, thinking and acting. It […]
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Language Portrait
Originally developed as a language awareness exercise in education, the Language Portrait is now increasingly used as a research tool investigating how speakers themselves experience and interpret their heteroglossic practices and repertoires (Busch 2018). It allows a multimodal approach as it combines discursive and presentational forms of symbolization (Langer 1948). By providing a body […]
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With my S.M.A.R.T. Family Language Plan© you always know what to do next during your children’s and your own multilingual journey.
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