By Virginie Raguenaud
Turning into bilingual is one thing-staying bilingual is one other. Bilingual young children have social, cultural and fiscal possibilities on hand to them that might rather be out of achieve. for plenty of households, talking at the least one language except English at house is already a given-more than fifty one million humans within the U.S. on my own dwell in multilingual houses. yet what approximately whilst bilingual little ones visit English-speaking faculties and are anticipated to thrive in a essentially monolingual English-speaking neighborhood? How do households hold a stability and support their kids to develop and strengthen in additional than one language? In Bilingual through selection, Virginie Raguenaud publications mom and dad on the right way to introduce a moment language to their little ones. She additionally offers insights, assets, and actions for elevating childrens that might pass directly to develop into bilingual adults. This e-book is the 1st of its sort to deal with bilingualism from the cradle to formative years. Raguenaud makes use of useful thoughts and methods for any relations or teacher to make sure that little ones remain engaged and energetic in each language to be had to them. by utilizing creativity, consistency and dedication within the lecture room (as good because the residing room), educating teenagers a moment language should be enjoyable in addition to precious.
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One eye-opening study looked at the well-being of Arab-European adolescents living in Israel. As researcher Hisham Motkal Abu-Rayya of Cambridge University noted, because these adolescents have to deal with enormous external tension, it’s easy to assume that they would experience a confused sense of self and high levels of anxiety and tension over their mixed ethnic identity. Through his extensive and revealing questionnaires, Abu-Rayya concluded that adolescents who are active in their families’ cultural traditions, have a clear way to identify themselves, and show pride in their heritage are happier and have a healthier sense of self.
Languages Most researchers encourage each parent to read in his or her native language for the same reasons they encourage the One Parent One Language method. It’s more effective for parents to read in their stronger language, and it provides consistency for the child. Reading gives children a chance to learn new words we don’t use in our everyday conversations, and it’s a critical tool for building academic vocabulary. ” (11) Another valuable reason for reading in our native language is the colorful cultural vignettes in well-chosen books that teach our children about where their family comes from.
9) Most children will learn to read by age six or seven. Some children will learn at four or five. A child has to be able to recognize the letters or symbols, their appropriate sounds, and how to put them together to form words in order to start reading. As parents, we can set the stage for this language milestone in a fun and stress-free way: • We can read baby books in both languages to our children long before they can read. • We can make family trips to the library. More and more libraries offer books in different languages, as well as picture books of all the countries around the world.