In this episode, Eve, Corinne, and special guest <a href=”http://www.translationsbyjen.com/”>Jennifer Bikkál Horne</a> discuss strategies for raising your children bilingually-a topic that, while not directly related to translation, is of interest to lots of us in the language professions. Eve (mother of two tween/teen boys) and Jen (mother of two girls, ages 1 and 3) offer tips from their experiences as English-French bilingual moms, but these strategies are applicable to any language. Listen in to learn:
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<li>How they decided to raise their children bilingually</li>
<li>How they incorporate French into their kids’ lives in the US</li>
<li>How their kids have responded to the bilingual environment</li>
<li>How they find resources such as books, movies, music, TV shows, etc. to use with their kids</li>
<li>Their thoughts on raising bilingual children in your non-native language</li>
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Jen has some excellent insights on the early childhood end of the spectrum-how to expose babies and young children to another language and encourage them to speak, how to find resources that are appropriate for young children-while Eve has the perspective of 15+ years of bilingual parenting-the various phases of bilingual life as kids get older, and how her kids use French as their “secret weapon.” If you’re raising-or thinking about raising-your kids bilingually, we think this episode will be a great source of information.
<strong>Links mentioned in the episode:</strong>
The NERCh strategies that Jen uses with her daughters-especially applicable for babies and young children:
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<strong>Blogs:</strong>
<a href=”http://bilingualmonkeys.com/”>Bilingual Monkeys</a>
<a href=”https://bilingualkidsrock.com/”>Bilingual Kids Rock</a>
<a href=”http://spanglishbaby.com/”>Spanglish Baby</a>
<a href=”http://www.multilingualliving.com/”>Multilingual Living</a>
<a href=”http://babybilingual.blogspot.com”>Baby Bilingual</a>
<strong>Facebook: </strong>
<a href=”https://www.facebook.com/groups/FrenchSpeakingParentsInTheUS/”>French-speaking parents in the US</a>
For other languages, use the Facebook search field to look for “bilingual kids” and ” bilingual children.”
<strong>Books: </strong>
<a href=”https://www.amazon.com/Maintaining-Your-Second-Language-interpreters-ebook/dp/B01C1XO3OM”>Maintaining Your Second Language</a>- Eve Bodeux
<a href=”https://www.amazon.com/Maximize-Your-Childs-Bilingual-Ability/dp/4908629013/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1523548757&sr=8-1&keywords=maximize+your+child%27s+bilingual+ability”>Maximize Your Child’s Bilingual Ability: Ideas and inspiration for even greater success and joy raising bilingual kids</a> - Adam Beck
<a href=”https://www.amazon.com/Bilingual-Life-Reality-Fran%C3%A7ois-Grosjean/dp/0674066138/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1523548784&sr=1-1&keywords=bilingual+grosjean”>Bilingual</a> - François Grosjean
<a href=”https://www.amazon.com/Bilingual-Edge-Teach-Second-Language/dp/0061246565/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1523548809&sr=1-1&keywords=the+bilingual+edge”>The Bilingual Edge</a> - Kendall King
<a href=”https://www.amazon.com/Be-Bilingual-Practical-Multilingual-Families/dp/9526803701/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1523548830&sr=1-1&keywords=be+bilingual”>Be Bilingual - Practical Ideas for Multilingual Families</a> - Annika Bourgogne
<strong>Podcast</strong>:
<a href=”https://www.bilingualavenue.com/podcasts/”>Bilingual Avenue</a>
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