The Bilingual Family Newsletter: Archives

Editor: Sami Grover

This exciting quarterly publication, now in its 25th year, is designed to help all those families who, for various reasons, are in a situation where they can give their children (and themselves) the advantages of being bi- or multi-lingual. The newsletter publishes short informative articles on current thoughts on language learning, bilingualism, biculturalism, mother tongue, schools, etc. It also publishes descriptions of how particular families have managed in their particular situations, problems encountered and how these were overcome. Readership: mixed marriage families; expatriate families in embassies, schools, contract work etc.; immigrant families; students of language learning; researchers in field of bilingualism. If you enter a subscription, you will be provided with a password giving you free access to the archive of back issues.

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Volume 26 : issue 3 [download]

Main Articles

A Long-term View of Bilingualism:

Lessons from a Summer Abroad - Sarah J. Shin

Notes from the OPOL Family: Game On - Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert

Bilingual or Bilingualish? Thoughts of a Father-to-Be - Sami Grover

Queries

Adoption and Bilingualism

Refusing Italian

Volume 26 : issue 2 [download]

Main Articles

- Non-native Bilingualism - Jake Willis

- HipChicas.com - Sami Grover

- Notes from the OPOL Family: AZERTY or QWERTY? - Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert

- LINGOO - the language exchange for Children - Anne Goldstein

- Interview with an International Family - the Roybins

Queries

Bilingual Montessori Programmes

Volume 26 : issue 1 [download]

Main Articles

Ensuring Sustained Trilingual Development Through Motivation - Xiao-lei Wang

Notes from the OPOL Family: Catching Up - Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert

Montessori Community Rallies around Kennedy-King College - M.J. Rosanova

Virtual Field Trips and Bilingual Learning - Susan Sze and Peter Cowden

Volume 25 : issue 4 [download]

Main Articles

25 Years of the Bilingual Family Newsletter - Marjukka Grover

Notes from the OPOL Family: A 'Foreign Language' - Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert

The Long Way Home - The Very Real Nature of Homesickness, Part 2 - Dr I. M. Laversuch

A New Generation of Intercultural Citizens - Patricia Vande Velde

Queries

Non-native Bilingualism

Volume 25 : issue 3 [download]

Main Articles

Why I am Raising a Trilingual Child - Simona Montanari

Notes from the OPOL Family: Down on the Farm - Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert

The Long Way Home: The Very Real Nature of Homesickness - Dr I.M. Laversuch

How to Set up a Saturday School - Nadya Anscombe

Volume 25 : issue 2 [download]

Main Articles

Even the Experts Worry... - Alex Poole

Notes from the OPOL Family: A Sporting Chance - Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert

Book Review: Raising Children as Bilinguals

Bilingualism and Learning Difficulties - Barbara Dodd, Gayle Hemsley and Carol Stow

Queries

Homeschooling in French: Too Much, Too Young? - Carole Paquis

Volume 25 : issue 1 [download]

Main Articles

Translation and the Bilingual Child - Cristina Banfi

Notes from the OPOL Family: You Must Be Joking - Suzanne Barron-Hauwert

My Favourite Myths About Bilingualism - Francois Grosjean

Nurturing Natural Multilingualism - Karin Speedy

Volume 24 : issue 4 [download]

Main Articles

Culture Shock: Received Wisdom and a Grain of Salt - Joseph Shaules

Notes from the OPOL Family - Suzanne Barron-Hauwert

The Effects of a Bilingual Upbringing on Adult Life - Constanze Taylor

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