Nov
26
Raising Bilingual Kids
Today marks the beginning of a week-long look at raising bilingual children. Throughout the week there will be podcasts, tips, suggestions and information about some of the latest research related to language acquisition. It’s all designed to help and inspire you in creating a bilingual household.
The first podcast is with Paola C. Taylor. She’s a telecom engineer, translator and working mom. Originally from the Basque Country in Spain, Paola now lives in Seattle with her American husband Andrew and their cute baby girl Sophia.
For Paola, raising her child in a bilingual household was the plan before Sophia was even born. With Paola’s side of the family back in Spain, it is very important that her daughter be able to speak and understand her Spanish relatives. And although Paola’s husband Andrew, doesn’t speak much Spanish, the two have worked out a system to ensure that their daughter gets consistent and complete exposure to both Spanish and English.
Listen to today’s podcast to find out more.
We’ve got a trilingual family here – Spanish, Catalan and English and it’s a pretty interesting experience
Chris,
for writing. 
That’s so cool!! Hope you will check back later in the week and give your opinion on what the experts have to say about what works/doesn’t work in raising bilingual (or trilingual) kids. Thanks, Gracias, Gràcies
Learning two of the world’s most important languages in one go – those kids are very lucky!
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