The Bilingual Family Newsletter: Archives

Editor: Sami Grover

This exciting quarterly publication, now in its 23rd 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. 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 8 : issue 4 [download]

Main Articles

Contemplating Bilingualism? Go For It – It’s Fun! – Christine Frati

Organising a “Saturday School”: A Japanese Experience – Martin E. Pauly

Assistance for Bilingual Families in Finland – Margareta Pietikäinen

A German-Italian Family & the Problem of Bilingual Twins – Francesca Rigotti

Queries

Bilingualism is not always positive

Volume 8 : issue 3 [download]

Main Articles

Bilingual Children & Metalinguistic Awareness – Leena Huss

Natural Trilingualism – Gerran Thomas

Reading in a Second Language: When to Start – Rosemary Kneipp

Volume 8 : issue 2 [download]

Main Articles

There’s No Place Like Home – Zoe Loukopoulos

Angelo’s Bilingualism: An Update – Domenico Maceri

Bilingualism: Attitudes, Experiences & Future Outlook – Reinhold Trott

Queries

My own mother tongue is getting more and more uncomfortable, and my children are refusing to speak it. What can we do?

Volume 8 : issue 1 [download]

Main Articles

Multilingualism & Montessori: What Can Be Done? – M.J.Rosanova

Decisions & Consequences – Gail Schaefer Fu

Language Development of a German/English Bilingual Child, pt.3 – Reinhold Trott

Queries

How can we make preparations for having a child and raising them bilingually?

Is a few hours exposure to the minority language a week, i.e. when talking to grandparents, enough to produce bilingual children?

Volume 7 : issue 4 [download]

Main Articles

From Bilingual Child to Bilingual Adult – George Saunders

A Product of Two Cultures – Jane Assimakopoulos

Queries

Which language should my husband use with our son?

Volume 7 : issue 3 [download]

Main Articles

Growing Up Bilingual in the USA & Puerto Rico – Alicia Pousada

But What Can We Do? Strategies to Motivate a Young Child to Speak the Minority Language – Susanne Döpke

Volume 7 : issue 2 [download]

Main Articles

A New World – Lineth Lañas

Well, Who Did Steal Granny? – Viv Edwards

Queries

Can Bilingualism be a Cause of Stuttering?

I’m British, with Indian and Greek heritage. Where do I belong?

Volume 7 : issue 1 [download]

Main Articles

Bilingual Child Care – Robyn Lister

Bilingual, By Accident – Andrea Georgiou

A New Life in the Charente Maritime – Anne Griscti

Queries

Will switching languages confuse our child?

My son has started picking up his father’s mistakes in German. Should they switch to English?

Is teaching children to read before they start school advisable?

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