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 13 : issue 1 [download]

Main Articles

Insincere Americans, Silent Finns & Arrogant Germans: Cross-cultural Miscommunication – Virpi Ylänne-McEwen

Bilingualism in the Welsh Mountains: An Interview with Colin Baker

Everyone Benefits from Bilingualism – Lisa Velazquez

Volume 12 : issue 4 [download]

Main Articles

Bilingualism Despite the Odds – Christine Poulter

Spotlight on the Editorial Board: Domenico Maceri

Theo’s Three Languages: Bringing Up Children with Down’s Syndrome to Speak English and Norwegian Through Signing – Kim Damstra

Cross-Cultural Considerations – Tine Gam Aschen Brenner

Queries

Has our son got a language disorder?

Volume 12 : issue 3 [download]

Main Articles

Quest for Identity – Jaqueline Karp Gendre

Spotlight on the Editorial Board: Stephen Ryan

Living in Two Languages – George Saunders

Reflections on Language Use and Homeschooling – David Carlson

Queries

How can I raise trilingual children with their monolingual father?

Volume 12 : issue 2 [download]

Main Articles

Playing Football in Esperanto – Anna Lowenstein

An Albanian Account of Life in Exile: An Interview with Kimete Basha

Running a Playgroup – John Piggin

Queries

I have switched the language I use with the children a number of times. Will this cause problems?

How can I improve my knowledge of my husband’s language?

Volume 12 : issue 1 [download]

Main Articles

21 Years of Bilingualism – George Saunders

Bilingualism & Divorce – Christine Hélot

Queries

Is intercultural marriage too great a risk?

When should bilingual children start to separate their languages?

Volume 11 : issue 4 [download]

Main Articles

Language Disorder: Is Monolingualism Necessary – Anthea Fraser Gupta

What to Expect of an International Education – Coreen Sears

Queries

Can stuttering be caused by bilingualism?

Volume 11 : issue 3 [download]

Main Articles

Manylingual Children, Anylingual Parents – Especially Parents – Godfrey Harrison

International Upbringing – Marjukka Grover

Queries

The language and education dilemma: which school should we put our children in?

How can we establish French as our family language?

Volume 11 : issue 2 [download]

Main Articles

What’s in a Name? – Keith Thompson

Language Disorder & Bilingualism – Alison Hüneke

Queries

Can any child become bilingual?

Can speaking a non-native language to one’s children work?

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