Bilingual Avenue with Marianna Du Bosq

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025: A look at an American international school overseas with Bonnie McAuley Jan 07, 2015

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On this episode of the Bilingual Avenue, I interview Bonnie McAuley an elementary school teacher at an American international school and a bilingual mother. Bonnie shares her personal language journey with her son and describes for listeners her school's philosophy and approach to teaching multilingual students.

024: Q&A - Inferring to Enhance Reading Comprehension Jan 01, 2015

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On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I continue the reading comprehension multiple part series discussing reading comprehension strategies. This week we focus on how to introduce and implement inferences to predict information that is not included or implied in the text. Inferring can lead to higher order thinking skills.

023: From Monolingual to Trilingual: A family's move to Morocco and their language journey with Amanda Mouttaki Dec 30, 2014

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On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, Amanda Mouttaki shares how her family moved from the United States to her husband’s home country, Morocco, in order for her children to become fluent in French and Arabic. Amanda, a blogger at MarocMama.com, explains the obstacles, the proud moments and the funny anecdotes they have all shared along the way.

022: Q&A - Questioning to Enhance Reading Comprehension Dec 27, 2014

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On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I continue the reading comprehension multiple part series discussing reading comprehension strategies. This week we focus on how to leverage asking questions about the text being read to enhance and improve your child’s reading comprehension.

021: Inspiration from Florida's Teacher of the Year with Dorina Sackman Dec 23, 2014

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On this episode of the Bilingual Avenue podcast, I interview Dorina Sackman, Florida’s 2014 Teacher of the Year. Dorina shares with our listeners her own family journey and her advice for bilingual families.

020: Q&A - Visualizing to Enhance Reading Comprehension Dec 18, 2014

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019: A joint language learning journey: a father and his daughter learn Chinese together with Nick Jaworski Dec 16, 2014

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On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Nick Jaworski an American blogger, international traveler and education enthusiast living in Chicago with his wife and daughter. Nick speaks exclusively in Chinese with his 2-year old daughter although he is not a native speaker and is learning along with her! In addition, she’s learning Turkish from her mother, English from the community and Spanish at a weekly language class.

018: Q&A - Making Connections to Enhance Reading Comprehension Dec 11, 2014

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On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I answer a listener’s question on how to improve his son’s reading comprehension. I describe how making connections can enhance his understanding of text. This will be the first of a multiple part series discussing reading comprehension strategies.

017: Actionable Tips & Strategies to Enhance Language Development with Susanne Dopke Dec 09, 2014

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On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Susan Dopke, a speech pathologist specializing in language acquisition, bilingualism and cross-cultural communication. Susanne shares many useful strategies to support language at home and lists specific tips that you can implement right away!

016: Q&A - Can you describe some of the more academic terms that have been used on the podcast? Dec 04, 2014

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On this episode of the Bilingual Avenue podcast, I describe some of the less commonly known terms that have been used on the podcast including One Parent, One Language; Minority Language at Home; L1 and L2; Minority vs Majority Language.

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