I’ve been reading various blogs about multilingual upbringing and I see a lot of people voicing their concerns about the fact that their multilingual child is taking longer to start speaking than his peers.
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Multilingual child starting to speak later than unilingual peers – Don’t worry! Learn this word: PATIENCE…
Posted in bilingual, Language Development, Life, Raising a multilingual child, Thoughts, Thoughts on multiple languages and our brain, Trilingual, tagged language progression, observing understanding, speaking later and personality, started speaking at 2 years old, timing of learning to walk linked to personality of children, toddler personality, toddler starting to speak later than peers on October 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Being multilingual doesn’t necessarily mean we are automatically good at interpreting
Posted in Language Development, Raising a multilingual child, Thoughts, Thoughts on multiple languages and our brain, Trilingual, tagged 10% myth, human brain, human mind, immersed in a language, interpreting, multilingual, thinking in images on October 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I don’t know if there are any multilingual adults out there who can relate to the following: I do speak a few languages, but whenever I am speaking one my brain is immersed in it and I am thinking in that language.
In my experience as a child of multiple languages the dominance of one of the languages in our brains depends on which one we are most immersed in at any given time
Posted in bilingual, Language Development, Raising a multilingual child, Thoughts, Thoughts on multiple languages and our brain, Trilingual, tagged dominant language, French, German, Hungarian, language immersion, languages, retraining muscles on October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t worry about which language is more dominant than the others. In my own experience it always depends on which one I was most immersed in at any given time. Or which one I was WILLING to be immersed in.
Books on our human side…
Posted in bilingual, Books, Daycare, Life, Raising a multilingual child, Thoughts on multiple languages and our brain, Trilingual, tagged Books, brain development, children, Excuse Me, family, Hold on to Your Kids, kids, Life, love, multiple language acquisition, relationships, spiritual, The Five Love Languages of Children, The Peaceful Warrior, The Scientist in the Crib, The Secret Spiritual World of Children, Your Life is Waiting on October 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some of the readings I enjoyed on kids, family, relationships and life: The Scientist in the Crib – What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind by Alison Gopnik, Ph.D, Andrew N. Meltzoff, Ph.D. and Patricia K. Kuhl, Ph.D.
I wonder if being exposed to multiple languages early on wires the brain to make faster connections between languages
Posted in bilingual, Raising a multilingual child, Thoughts on multiple languages and our brain, Trilingual, tagged brain, connection between languages, connections, multilingual, multiple languages, non-verbal clues on October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I wanted to elaborate on the thought I brought up in my last post: Sometimes I wonder if kids who grow up with multiple languages and spend time in different language environments take more time to watch for non-verbal clues from the environment and the speaker, and if they actually feel people’s intentions more.
