Many parents have a desire to raise their children to be bilingual or multilingual (that is, speaking more than one language fluently). It seems that everyone has an opinion on the “right” way to ...

For many parents, raising their child in a dual-language household is both an opportunity and a no-brainer. After all, the benefits are vast when it comes to exposing young children (primarily ages 0 ...

Post written by François Grosjean. Note: This post is not about the educational approaches as such used with Deaf children - the author has always defended a bimodal approach - but about whether ...

Amanda Owen Van Horne sits on the floor while a child mixes up cake batter in a play kitchen. While at play, an intensive language therapy program is also underway for preschool-aged children with ...

You may not realize this, but your newborn is a linguistic dynamo waiting to happen. Babies can distinguish 800 language sounds, which means they are primed to learn several languages — at the same ...

Living in South Florida, we’re used to hearing people talk multiple languages and for many it starts at a young age. Becoming bilingual, however, can come with its challenges, especially for families ...

I don’t have a lot of regrets about how I raised my kids when they were little. I did all the things: I strapped them to my body for “attachment,” joined Mommy and Me classes to find our “village,” ...

Many foreign families in Austria hope to raise their children in bilingual or even multilingual households. We’d like to hear ...

A new study shows that encouraging bilingualism at home has many cognitive benefits for children, which may be particularly helpful in kids with autism spectrum disorder. According to research ...

Narrative development in bilingual children is a complex interplay between cognitive, linguistic, and cultural factors. As these children acquire and use two or more languages, their storytelling ...

Bilingual phonological development represents a dynamic and complex interplay between two or more linguistic sound systems during early childhood. In bilingual contexts, children navigate multiple ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Gabriela Orozco Belt grew in California, but she explained she always thought of herself as Costa Rican. Her parents immigrated from Costa Rica in the 1970s. That upbringing – ...