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Raising Bilingual Children is Hard: Avoid it with These 5.5 Easy Steps
While playing with my son today, in German, I was thinking about the various ways I could fail miserably at raising him. I think I came up with some pretty good ideas. I can fail miserably better than...
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Fathers Light Language Development in Children on Fire
Fathers are important in their child’s linguistic life; more specifically for language development in children. I’m sorry to burst your bubble, fathers, but unfortunately it takes more than...
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Are Language Learning Ebooks Worth The Paper They Aren’t Written On?
Are language learning Ebooks even worth giving your email for? That’s a good question… So, surprise surprise, I wrote a language learning Ebook! I’ll give you some more info about it below, but I...
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Being Bilingual German and Spanish: Katharine’s Language Story
We’ve got a treat for you today! This is a story from one of our readers on being bilingual German and Spanish. She obviously also speaks English! This is her story, I will let her tell it! It’s...
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Marrying A Foreigner: 5 Reasons Why I Will Never Do It Again!
As Independence Day dawns on the horizon, it got me thinking about my wife and her foreign upbringing. Marrying a foreigner is something I’ll never do again because I’m so happy with the first one!...
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I have to admit, I always thought it was kind of silly when people said things like “to really learn a language you have to understand the culture.” Now that I’m older and wiser, I can whole-heartedly...
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Being Bilingual in America Has A Long Tradition
Being bilingual in America has been common place for quite some time. In fact, on this day in 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was signed, one of the men present, Thomas Jefferson, was...
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The Non-Native Language Parenting Experience: Top 4 Reasons You Can Win!
The non-native language parenting experience is an interesting one. Sometimes I ask myself if this can really turn out well. I have read tons of information on people who start trying to raise a child...
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Most Bilingual Jobs Are Lame: 3 Ways To Find The Good Ones
Every once in a while, I get the itch. I start to think I’m better than this, I’m some superhuman language learning machine that is under-utilized in my current English-only position. As I Google my...
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How To Learn Any Language To Fluency: One Size Fits All
So you want to know how to learn any language to fluency? Great, listen up. I didn’t really learn a language until I was in my late 20′s. I spent my high school and college years attempting to learn a...
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Learn A New Language? You? Not likely. 3 Reasons You’ll Fail
I hear it time and time again… seriously, at least a few times per week. “I’ve always wanted to learn a new language” or “I want to learn (x).” My response is always the same… what is stopping you?...
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Bilingualism: The Controversy Gets More Controversial-er.
The controversy over bilingualism is always raging. The proponents, like me, boldly say being bilingual is an advantage. We don’t care what anyone says; that’s our story and we are stickin’ to it. The...
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Learn Languages Successfully! First Answer These Important Questions
Do you find yourself just wanting to learn languages? I sure do. I am a language geek. I’ve been pleasure-reading linguistics books and language books for quite some time. Also in my reading repetoire...
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How The ‘Best Way To Learn a Language’ Is Like Riding A Unicorn
Unless you live in North Korea, the title should make sense. The term “The best way to learn a language” is slung around a lot. Well, guess what? Are you sitting down? The earth is about to shake under...
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The Bilingual Brain: The Ferrari of Brains (I’m Talking Enzo)
The bilingual brain, that fascinating piece of real estate located at the pinnacle of our human bodies, is amazing… if your into squishy, squashy stuff. It’s especially amazing when you understand it...
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Bilingual Baby: Can You Decipher Languages At Only 6 Months Old?
Can a bilingual baby understand in which language a person is speaking even before they can speak? How old does a baby have to be before it can decipher which language is being spoken… or even realize...
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Spanish Book Review: Giveaway Of El Loro Tico Tango (The Parrot Tico Tango)
This giveaway is in partnership with, and originally started by Growingupbilingual. The ‘original’ page is here. El Loro Tico Tango is a mischievous parrot that does now want to share. He takes the...
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The Bilingual Education Act – Bravo or Bust?
Photo credit: CECAR Before World War II, many schools provided bilingual education, often with the help of bilingual immigrants in the community. But after a devastating world war, Americans grew...
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Bilingual Children Are Better Connected To Their Heritage
Bilingual children, as opposed to children who don’t speak the heritage language, definitely have stronger ties to their culture and community. The ability for bilingual children to be able to...
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Giveaway In Conjunction With GrowingUpBilingual – El Fandango de Lola
Lola feels overshadowed by her older sister Clementina who is taller than her, draws better and has longer hair. Lola longs to have something she is good at. Inspired by a pair of beautiful dancing...
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