Bilingual Avenue with Marianna Du Bosq

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086: Q&A - Will my child be confuse if we change our language strategy? Sep 15, 2015

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On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I give advice to a mother who is worried that changing her language strategy with her daughter will confuse her. Currently, they are speaking English at home while her child picks up the community language, Spanish in school. They will be moving to the United States and the target language and community language will be swapped. She is concerned that their relationship will be impacted because her daughter feels much more comfortable conversing with family members in English. I assure her that although it may be difficult at first, her daughter will eventually sort out the shift in language strategy.

085: Four family languages and the researcher who brings them all together with Annabelle Humanes Sep 08, 2015

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On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Annabelle Humanes, a former researcher in language acquisition and language teacher in a previous decade. She shares with you her tips for getting your hands on children's language development research and shares her personal family language journey which includes four languages!

084: Q&A – Language schools models and will my child be able to learn the community language? Sep 01, 2015

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On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I describe the different types of language school models available to parents including two way immersion, submersion and transitional programs. I also answer a mother’s concern of whether her child will be able to learn the community language and give her strategies to ensure that he has plenty of exposure in that language.

083: Living a multilingual, pluralistic & interdependent global lifestyle with Alice Jungclaus Aug 25, 2015

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This episode is sponsored by Gus on the Go, an great language app for the little ones at home! Visit www.gusonthego.com/bilingualavenue and get access to a special free printable exclusively for Bilingual Avenue listeners.

On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, Alice Junglaus, a parent coach, chats with us about her cross-cultural family and how they have followed their dream of living a multilingual, pluralistic and interdependent global lifestyle. Alice also chats with us about global parenting including what it means and how it can help you and your family!

082: Q&A - How to adapt the family language strategy when a new language is introduced? Aug 18, 2015

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On this episode of the podcast, I answer a listener’s question who is concerned that although her family has moved to Taiwan her children may have limited exposure to Mandarin. She wants to help them to learn Mandarin, however, she already has her hands full supporting her children’s learning of Spanish. I share my advice on how she can still encourage them to learn Mandarin while maintaining a focus on Spanish.

081: Learning another language after childhood with Sonia Gil Aug 11, 2015

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On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I chat with Sonia Gil, an entrepreneur, language geek, and passionate traveler! Sonia is on a mission to show the world how travel can enrich your life without emptying your bank account. She is the founder of the digital language learning company Fluenz and she is also the host of Sonia's Travels, a two time award-winning web original series about Sonia's unique take on the places she visits. Sonia is also the lead behind the non-profit Fluenz.org which we will discuss throughout our interview today.

080: Q&A: Which language should I speak to my child while he transitions to the community language? Aug 04, 2015

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On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I answer a listener’s question who is navigating her son’s transition to the community language. She is concerned that he will need more exposure to English to make things easier for him when he starts school. However, she is concerned that if she herself speaks to him in both languages, he may be confused. I assure her that he will be able to tell difference but encourage her to consider what languages she will want to use when her son has more exposure to the community language.

079: One dad's adventure raising a trilingual son with Yono Mittlefehldt Jul 28, 2015

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Yono Mittlefehldt was born in Israel but grew up in the United States. Yono currently lives in Germany with his wife and his 2.5 year old son who is being raised trilingual with English, German and Hebrew. He co-created Gus on the Go with Alice Zhao, an app with 10 interactive lessons and 89 words that allow kids to explore vocabulary in a new language. On the podcast, we talk about Yono’s journey raising a trilingual son and how he is managing to personally pass on two heritage languages at the same time.

078: Q&A - Will mixing languages have a negative impact on young learners? Jul 21, 2015

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On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, a grandmother is worried that she will have a negative impact on her grandchildren by mixing English and Spanish.

077: Managing the presence of multiple languages in a single mind with Dr. Giuli Dussias Jul 14, 2015

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On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Dr. Paola Giuli Dussias, a Professor and the Head of the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese at Penn State University. Dr. Dussias describes to us how the brain is capable of managing multiple languages and dispels the misconception that adding a second or third language can complicate our language system.

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