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A place created to help you in your journey of raising bilingual children.
This site has been designed for teachers and parents who are interested in developing their children’s language abilities. My name is Judy Thompson and I am a teacher and parent of bilingual children and I am so passionate about nurturing children’s languages that I wrote a book about it!
is a tough task. Whether you like it or not personal preferences, language prestige and societal bias will be involved. Considerations around the languages used at home, within friendship groups, as well as the wider family circle will be important as will be the attitudes towards and provisions for language learning and multilingualism in general at school and the wider community.
Raising bilingual children is especially difficult whilst living amidst a more widely-spoken, powerful language such as English in the west or global North.
This website is designed to help you navigate these challenges by raising awareness of the issues surrounding languages and their place in society. It will help you to navigate the hurdles and figure out the best ways to acknowledge, value and support the use and learning of the languages for the children in your care.
Articles What is it? The multilingual turn refers to developments in the ways that we think about and therefore teach children...
Articles Follow these guidelines to set your students up for success in their language learning. New teachers will learn the most...
Articles Changing societies, static schools Education has not kept up with the pace of change in our schools and societies. This...
Articles Whether you have a natural bilingual situation in your family, or you are making a conscious choice to include language...
Parents These recommendations are based on Dr Lily Wong Fillmore's research. Dr Fillmore has spent decades investigating migrant families' experiences in...
Parents Bilingual or dual language books are a lovely way to bring additional languages into the home and classroom. These types...
Articles What is it? The multilingual turn refers to developments in the ways that we think about and therefore teach children...
Articles Follow these guidelines to set your students up for success in their language learning. New teachers will learn the most...
Articles Changing societies, static schools Education has not kept up with the pace of change in our schools and societies. This...
Articles Whether you have a natural bilingual situation in your family, or you are making a conscious choice to include language...
Parents These recommendations are based on Dr Lily Wong Fillmore's research. Dr Fillmore has spent decades investigating migrant families' experiences in...
Parents Bilingual or dual language books are a lovely way to bring additional languages into the home and classroom. These types...
Articles What is it? The multilingual turn refers to developments in the ways that we think about and therefore teach children...
Articles Follow these guidelines to set your students up for success in their language learning. New teachers will learn the most...
Articles Changing societies, static schools Education has not kept up with the pace of change in our schools and societies. This...
Articles Whether you have a natural bilingual situation in your family, or you are making a conscious choice to include language...
Parents These recommendations are based on Dr Lily Wong Fillmore's research. Dr Fillmore has spent decades investigating migrant families' experiences in...
Parents Bilingual or dual language books are a lovely way to bring additional languages into the home and classroom. These types...
Articles What is it? The multilingual turn refers to developments in the ways that we think about and therefore teach children...
Articles Follow these guidelines to set your students up for success in their language learning. New teachers will learn the most...
Articles Changing societies, static schools Education has not kept up with the pace of change in our schools and societies. This...
Articles Whether you have a natural bilingual situation in your family, or you are making a conscious choice to include language...
Parents These recommendations are based on Dr Lily Wong Fillmore's research. Dr Fillmore has spent decades investigating migrant families' experiences in...
Parents Bilingual or dual language books are a lovely way to bring additional languages into the home and classroom. These types...
Articles What is it? The multilingual turn refers to developments in the ways that we think about and therefore teach children...
Articles Follow these guidelines to set your students up for success in their language learning. New teachers will learn the most...
Articles Changing societies, static schools Education has not kept up with the pace of change in our schools and societies. This...
Articles Whether you have a natural bilingual situation in your family, or you are making a conscious choice to include language...
Parents These recommendations are based on Dr Lily Wong Fillmore's research. Dr Fillmore has spent decades investigating migrant families' experiences in...
Parents Bilingual or dual language books are a lovely way to bring additional languages into the home and classroom. These types...
Articles What is it? The multilingual turn refers to developments in the ways that we think about and therefore teach children...
Articles Follow these guidelines to set your students up for success in their language learning. New teachers will learn the most...
Articles Changing societies, static schools Education has not kept up with the pace of change in our schools and societies. This...
Articles Whether you have a natural bilingual situation in your family, or you are making a conscious choice to include language...
Parents These recommendations are based on Dr Lily Wong Fillmore's research. Dr Fillmore has spent decades investigating migrant families' experiences in...
Parents Bilingual or dual language books are a lovely way to bring additional languages into the home and classroom. These types...