Category Archives: Language Learning

Keeping up with the English!

Posted on 14/02/2013 by

One big challenge when bringing up English speaking children in a foreign speaking country, is when and how to introduce written English.  It’s one thing to expect a child to learn to speak two languages at the same time, but … Continue reading →

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Zis iz ow we speek English

Posted on 07/02/2013 by

In my last post Children Learning to be Bilingual. I was discussing how our youngest children speak French with a local French accent and speak English with an English accent.  English is afterall their mother tongue.  However, we were talking … Continue reading →

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Children learning to be Bi-Lingual

Posted on 04/02/2013 by

We are an English family living in France.  Our children are being brought up to be bi-lingual.  They speak French exclusively at school and speak English exclusively at home.  Is it difficult?  Not really! It’s amazing how adaptable children are … Continue reading →

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