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 17 : issue 2 [download]

Main Articles

Dwy Laith O’R Diwrnod Cyntaf: Bilingual from the Beginning – Gwenan Llwyd Evans

News from the USA: Is Dual Language a Dual-Edged Sword? – James Crawford

Three Years Old & Three First Languages – Jean-Marc Dewaele

My God-Daughter Kateriina – Marjukka Grover

Queries

A helpful approach to stuttering?

Should I speak my husband’s language?

Volume 17 : issue 1 [download]

Main Articles

Trilingual Families: Living With Three Languages – Suzanne Barron-Hauwert

Research: Identity and Mixed Language Marriages – Colin Baker

News from the USA: Counting Language Minorities – James Crawford

Spotlight on the Editorial Board: Li Wei

Conference Report: 1st International Conference on Trilingualism and 3rd Language Acquisition – Suzanne Barron-Hauwert

Queries

My child is refusing to speak the minority language. Is this normal?

Volume 16 : issue 4 [download]

Main Articles

Passive Bilingualism: Lucia’s Story – Domenico Maceri

Recent Research: The Benefits of a Less Well Developed Second Language – Colin Baker

You Are No Fun: I’ll Talk to Mum Instead – Laura Sager

News From the USA: Rescuing Endangered Languages – James Crawford

Coping With Our Stars – Michael Rosanova

Queries

Should I switch my language to support my children?

Volume 16 : issue 3 [download]

Main Articles

Multicultural Personality – A.V. Hruby

Bilingualism & Communication Disorders – Deirdre Martin

Spotlight on the Editorial Board: Mike Rosanova

Reasons & Problems: Bilingual Upbringing Not Easy – Laura Sager

News From the USA: A Victory for Bilingual Education – James Crawford

Queries

How do we bring up our children with several languages?

My husband is against me using the minority language. What can I do?

Volume 16 : issue 2 [download]

Main Articles

Proposition 227: California Restricts the Educational Choices for Language Minority Children – Terence Wiley

News from the USA: Anti-Bilingual Movement Spreads – James Crawford

Food for Thought: Eating Habits in the East and West – David Carlson

Spotlight on the Editorial Board: Rose Aghdami

Playgroup Becomes Successful French Language School – Marjukka Grover

Volume 16 : issue 1 [download]

Main Articles

But Have You Ever Lived There? Exchange Students and Bilingualism – Tommi Grover

Leaving Japan – Asako Yamada-Yamamoto

Rediscovering Judaism in Austria – Karen Engel

Queries

How do I raise my children trilingually?

Is it too late to switch the language I use with my children?

Volume 15 : issue 4 [download]

Main Articles

Language Delay and Its Implications for Bilingual Families – Li Wei

Spotlight on the Editorial Board: Nobuyuki Honna

Kunvoyagu: Travel Together – Angela Tellier

Choosing a School to Support Bilingualism – Colin Baker

Queries

Emotional problems with bilingual upbringing

My children attend English classes with beginner, even though they are fluent. How do we deal with this?

Volume 15 : issue 3 [download]

Main Articles

But Does My Kid Know Any Spanish? – M.J. Rosanova

Wie Wird Man Mehrsprachig? A report from a multilingual seminar – Ingrid Piller

Adopted & Bilingual – Anne-Marie Witte

Queries

Language differentiation

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