Raising Bilingual & Bi-Cultural Children
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This week’s Ask an Expert question was sent in by Leticia and I am so happy she did because I just recently started wondering the same thing. Vanessa is totally into the alphabet and wanting to know “¿qué dice aquí?” all the time.
“I would like to teach my kids to read in Spanish. Any [...]
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Today´s question was sent by Tricia, who is looking for advice on how to create a perceived need for Spanish in her family. For more tips check out this article Roxana recently wrote on the topic.
“Do the experts have any advice on creating a perceived need for Spanish in families that aren´t from any sort [...]
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Today on Ask an Expert we´re trying out something for the first time: We gave two bilingual experts the same question and asked them each to answer it from their specific area of expertise. The result is what we feel a broader piece of extremely useful advice. Last week Dr. Ellen Stubbe Kester, [...]
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No matter which method we´re using to raise our children bilingually, we all know that once the majority language takes over their lives we ´ll be facing the true challenge to keep them motivated to speak the minority language at home and when necessary.
Today´s Ask an Expert question was sent by a mom, Sandra Salazar, [...]
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Today’s question to Ask an Expert was sent by a SpanglishBaby reader that has asked to remain anonymous to avoid any family conflict. We really appreciate her writing to us about her concern since we can bet its cultural relevance will resonate with many.
Lori Langer de Ramirez is the expert on our panel whose [...]
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Before diving into today’s Ask an Expert I want to thank those of you that are already participating in our brand new Forums. This is the place for you to connect with each other, so head on over there and get the conversation rolling. Today’s question is a very special one since it comes [...]
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We’re starting off the week on a high note with the addition of a new bilingual expert to answer the questions you send to our weekly series: Ask an Expert.
Lori Langer de Ramirez began her career as a teacher of Spanish, French and ESL. She holds a Master’s Degree in Applied Linguistics and a Doctorate [...]
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