Bilingualism by Elodie Voleau https://padlet.com/elodie_voleau/2hgr602ts1sr en-us 2019-02-19 15:54:28 UTC 2019-04-07 18:12:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lovecoffee.png Bilinguals have equal and perfect knowledge of their languages. elodie_voleau https://padlet.com/elodie_voleau/2hgr602ts1sr/wish/333073438 WRONG. This is a myth that has had a long life! In fact, bilinguals know their languages to the level that they need them. Some bilinguals are dominant in one language, others do not know how to read and write one of their languages, others have only passive knowledge of a language and, finally, a very small minority, have equal and perfect fluency in their languages. What is important to keep in mind is that bilinguals are very diverse, as are monolinguals.]]> 2019-02-20 08:03:06 UTC https://padlet.com/elodie_voleau/2hgr602ts1sr/wish/333073438 Educating a child in two languages increases the risks of difficulties in their learning. elodie_voleau https://padlet.com/elodie_voleau/2hgr602ts1sr/wish/333073602
WRONG. Bilingual children have no greater difficulty in learning than monolingual children. The only situation that could lead to a bilingual child having difficulty in their learning is if they have not sufficiently mastered any of the languages before starting school.
]]> 2019-02-20 08:04:00 UTC https://padlet.com/elodie_voleau/2hgr602ts1sr/wish/333073602 UNESCO has an essential role to play in providing international frameworks for education policy and practice on key and complex issues. elodie_voleau https://padlet.com/elodie_voleau/2hgr602ts1sr/wish/340250401

UNESCO supports bilingual and/or multilingual education
at all levels of education as a means of promoting both social and gender equality and as a key element of linguis-
tically diverse societies.]]> 2019-03-12 04:21:38 UTC https://padlet.com/elodie_voleau/2hgr602ts1sr/wish/340250401 How do we start teaching our children two languages? elodie_voleau https://padlet.com/elodie_voleau/2hgr602ts1sr/wish/340250952 The main thing to keep in mind is that parents don’t
really “teach” children to speak, any more than they
teach them to walk or smile. The most important
things in language development are exposure and
need. ]]> 2019-03-12 04:26:18 UTC https://padlet.com/elodie_voleau/2hgr602ts1sr/wish/340250952 A few points about what learning is: elodie_voleau https://padlet.com/elodie_voleau/2hgr602ts1sr/wish/340251733 - Learning is an increase of the range of meanings that are available to an individual.
- Learning a language is not the same thing as learning about a language.
- Learning is the product of ‘motivation+opportunity’.
- Language is a social phenomenon and language learning is therefore a
social activity.]]> 2019-03-12 04:32:28 UTC https://padlet.com/elodie_voleau/2hgr602ts1sr/wish/340251733 Why Your Bilingual Child Does Not Respond Back in Minority Language. elodie_voleau https://padlet.com/elodie_voleau/2hgr602ts1sr/wish/340254266  It is been asked by so many parents of different languages, family circumstances and kids’ ages. But the core of the question remains the same: Why my bilingual child does not respond back in minority language. It certainly could be frustrating: you were always speaking […]]]> 2019-03-12 04:53:03 UTC https://padlet.com/elodie_voleau/2hgr602ts1sr/wish/340254266 Do you really mean that if our children are exposed to two languages from birth they will learn both, just like that? elodie_voleau https://padlet.com/elodie_voleau/2hgr602ts1sr/wish/340256150 No, but children can do this with no difficulty, and it doesn’t do them any harm. The hard part is making sure they have enough natural exposure to both languages. Most of the time, one of the two languages you want them to learn will be “more important” somehow, and the trick is to provide enough opportunities for them to use the “less important” one in a way that isn’t forced or artificial. The best way, if you can manage it, is to put children in situations where only the “less important” language is used so that there is no temptation to mix languages or revert to the “more important” language.]]> 2019-03-12 05:03:56 UTC https://padlet.com/elodie_voleau/2hgr602ts1sr/wish/340256150 The Languages you Speak to Your Bilingual Child Parental language input and childhood bilingualism elodie_voleau https://padlet.com/elodie_voleau/2hgr602ts1sr/wish/340702666 Lauren is a little Dutch-English bilingual girl whom Belgian psycholinguist Annick De Houwer tells us about in one of her recent publications. Her father spoke English to her and her mother Dutch. But because her father worked hard, and saw her rarely–mainly on weekends–Lauren only heard English about three hours a week. When she was three years old, she could only say "yes" and "no" and this upset her father no end. He thought she was rejecting him.

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