I recently held a 3 days in-person training about “Language Consulting for Multilingual Families” for a team of experts from Iceland that supports newly arrived families and multilingual families in general. Iceland being a very language-friendly and welcoming country, the amazing support system for foreigners tends to create a unique situation where the local language […]
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From Cultural Identity Model to Language Identity Model
Audio From Cultural Identity Model to Language Identity Model UIL I recently translated the Third Culture Model into a Third Language Model for multilinguals, and I want to share my translation of the Cultural Identity Model from D. Pollock and R. Van Reken, into my Language Identity Model©: (my design is inspired by the Cultural Identity […]
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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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What part of our language are we passing on to our children when living abroad?
When our children grow up abroad, outside of the country where our home languages are spoken, many of us tend to focus on standard language. We want our children to learn the most standardized version of our language. This has several reasons: we want our children to be able to understand and be […]
Continue readingUte’s S.M.A.R.T. Family Language Plan©
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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