Bilingual Avenue with Marianna Du Bosq
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076: Q&A - How can split bilingual families maximize exposure to the target language?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I answer a question from a listener who is concerned about her husband’s daughter getting enough exposure in Spanish. I share ideas on how to get the most out of their time together as well as maximizing the time when they are not together.
075: Preparing for your multilingual child from birth through the early years with Diana Limongi
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I chat with Diana Limongi who shares all about her language journey including how she prepared for the arrival of her multilingual child.
074: Q&A - How do you increase exposure to the target language for your family?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I share the five top things that I do to increase exposure in Spanish in the home specifically: having a consistent reading routine, chat with family members over Skype, narrate what I do to my toddler, elongating my toddler’s sentences and playing!
073: Be Bilingual – Practical Ideas for Multilingual Families with Annika Bourgogne
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview book author and multilingual mom Annika Bourgogne. Annika provides advice for parents whose children are struggling to engage with them in the target language. She also shares tips for parents whose children are pushing back on learning to read in their home language along with inspiration for anyone on the language journey.
072: Q&A - What should I ask during a parent/teacher conference about my multilingual child?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I answer a mother’s question who has a parent/teacher conference coming up at her son is school and wants to maximize her time with her son’s teacher. I include ten different themes to consider when meeting with her child’s teacher.
071: A Third Culture Kid shares her best tips and resources with Esther Brumme
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Esther Brumme. She shares her personal journey as a Third Culture Kid and the many resources she uses at home to support her children’s language journey. You can learn more about Esther on her blog, thirdculturemama.com
070: Q&A - Am I putting too much pressure on my multilingual child?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I address a listener’s concern regarding his bilingual son. He worries that having to speak a different language to each parent may be too much pressure! I assure him that his son is just showing his multilingual abilities.
069: The adaptability of the multilingual brain with Dr. Arturo Hernandez
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Dr. Arturo Hernandez. Dr. Hernandez is the Director of Developmental Psychology and the Neural Bases of Bilingualism Laboratory Director at the University of Houston. He discusses the potential bilingual advantage that speaking more than one language can provide. We also discuss how the multilingual brain can adapt for language acquisition.
068:Q&A - How to create a book exchange with friends
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I walk through my recommendations on how to establish a book exchange with friends. I suggest a set of norms that should be established, how to manage the actual exchange of the books and how to create celebrations to get the participating kids excited about the activity.
067: An Irish mother's labor of love to provide language resources to other multilingual families with Joanne Wall
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Joanne Wall, an Irish mother who together with her family moved to France so that her children could learn another language and reap the benefits of bilingualism. She is the founder of Eulingual.com and Lingowl.com, two websites full of language resources! Make sure to check out this episode's sponsor, FluentU.
066: Q&A - Should I abandon one of our home languages?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I take a question from a listener who is concerned about her son’s language development. She feels that he is not performing at the same rate as his monolingual peers. I give her some advice to encourage her to keep going. I also introduce our first sponsor FluentU!
065: Insights into what it takes to teach your multilingual child with Berenice Pernalete
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Berenice Pernalete, a biliteracy instructional guide, at Mundo Verde Public Charter School in Washington, DC. We chat about bilingual language models, the challenges language teachers face and the amazing rewards the teaching profession can provide. Berenice has over nine years of extensive experience in areas such as children’s performance management, children’s program development, and many others.
064: Q&A - What books do you use at home to supplement English, Spanish and German?
On this episode of the podcast, I share my family’s favorites for English, Spanish and German books. I share favorites from every member of the family including our little one!
062: Q&A - Is it too late for our family to become multilingual?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I answer a listener’s concern regarding the languages that are spoken in the home. They currently speak mostly English but would like to also add Chinese and Spanish. She also wonders if it is too late to get started since her son is over a year old.
061: Language learning without the flashcards with Ana Lomba
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Ana Lomba, a Parents’ Choice Award-winning author and creator of several language learning products that encourage conversation amongst family members. Ana discusses with us the strategies that she has seen work best for different age groups and how she has incorporated them into her books.
060: Q&A - How can I make language learning more fun for school age children?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I provide a listener who is working on Japanese with her niece and nephew make the experience more amusing and interesting for them. I also give her some ideas on how to incorporate a natural progression for their language acquisition process.
059: The importance of keeping older children engaged in their heritage language with Jeannette Kaplun
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, Jeannette Kaplun, an award-winning bilingual journalist and TV personality. Jeannete shares with us her personal language journey with her children and focuses specifically on the challenges parent face as their children get older. She shares how she is able to engage her children on their language journey by finding ways to say connected to their heritage language. Jeannette is the founder of HispanaGlobal, a bilingual platform for Hisapnic women. She was born in El Paso, Texas and raised in Chile.
058: Q&A - How to promote language development using books?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I share six principles that foster language development and how books can help parents of multilingual children achieve these principles.
057: Helpful parenting tips with Dr. Laura Markham
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Dr. Laura Markham. Dr. Laura discusses with us how to create more connected relationships with our children, how to foster our children’s creativity, how to encourage reading and more great advice!
056: Q&A - How can I find books in my target language?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I answer a listener’s question regarding books. I share eight ideas on how to find books in the target language for parents that are having difficulty finding books.
055: A professional translator shares her family's trilingual journey with Hanna Cheda
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Hanna Cheda. Hanna is a corporate translator, interpreter and a writer. She currently lives in Poland with her family and is raising her children, together with her husband, with Polish, Spanish and English. Hanna shares how she’s incorporating all three languages into her household.
054: Q&A - How can I establish a support network?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I answer a question from a listener who is wondering if she should try to establish a support network for her language journey. I talk about my thoughts on the value of building a network with other parents and provide some ideas on how parents may be able to find other multilingual families.
053: Using visual aids as a tool on your family's language journey with Jenny Kung
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Jenny Kung, the creator of the English Student. Jenny is a firm believer in the power of clear, simple and colorful visual aids in promoting effective learning which lead her to the creation of her website the English Student. Her website now offers a collection of free visuals to learn English and so we’ll be chatting today about the power of visuals for learning any language and how you may be able to leverage this great tool!
052: Q&A - Will I ever feel completely comfortable speaking a language other than the community language to my kids in public?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I answer a question from a mother who often feels awkward speaking to her daughter in a language other than the community language. She asked for my personal experience and wondered if she will ever feel comfortable talking to her daughter in Russian in public. I share my experience and encourage her to keep trying it for a few months before giving up.
051: A second generation mom's quest to pass on her heritage language to her children with Betty Galvan
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, Betty Galvan, a former teacher turned stay-at-home-mom, turned blogger and freelance writer raising three bilingual sons. Betty describes some of the challenges she faces as a second generation Mexican American raising bilingual children while also sharing her proud parenting moments.
050: My father's personal experience raising bilingual children and his lessons learned
On this episode of the Bilingual Avenue podcast, I interview my father, José Hennig! We talk about his own language journey, our transition to our new community in the United States and his lessons learned from his experience raising three bilingual children. It’s an emotional interview for me while full of great advice for other parents facing a transition.
049: Supporting Dual Language Learners in the Classroom with Dr. Lisa Lopez
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Dr. Lisa Lopez, an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of South Florida. Her research agenda involves furthering our understanding of, and improving upon, the educational and environmental opportunities of Latino children in the United States. Dr. Lopez shares with the audience the strategies that work best to support the learning needs of dual language students in the classroom including what instruction models work best.
048: Q&A - How can our family maximize a trip to a location that speaks our target language?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I share with a listener my thoughts on how to leverage a family trip to Puerto Rico to increase exposure for his kids in Spanish, their family target language.
047: Celebrating your child's little lexicon with Ryan Cole
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Ryan Cole. Ryan is an America father living in the Czech Republic where he is raising two bilingual boys together with his Czech wife. He is also the creator of a website application called a Little Lexicon which lets you translate and share your bilingual toddler’s vocabulary with friends and friends.
046: Q&A - Will I confuse my child if I read books in more than one language?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I answer a mother’s question regarding whether she will confuse her child if she reads books in more than one language. I share with her the pros and cons and how to go about making a distinction between the two languages when reading. I share my thoughts on how reading in both languages can demonstrate to your child the abilities you gain as a multilingual.
045: The Power of music for language learning with Susanna Zaraysky
On this episode interview Susanna Zarayski! Susanna has studied eleven languages, and speaks eight of them. She is the author of the books, Language is Music also available in Spanish, Portuguese Russian and English. Her goal is to empower people to use music and media to learn foreign languages. We chat about how music can help you and your child learn a language.
044: Q&A - Should I be concerned that my children switch languages when talking to each other?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I address a mother’s concern about her daughters switching between English and French when speaking to each other. I describe code switching and language borrowing and whether or not they should be of concern.
043: Learning the Language of a Mother with Audrey Kratovil
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Audrey Kratovil who grew up in a monolingual English-speaking home yet her love Spanish led her on a path where she now speaks exclusively to her daughter in her second language. Audrey shares great insights from her language journey.
042: Q&A - How do you manage family time when one parent is monolingual?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I share how my family spends family time even when we are not all speaking the same language! I specifically share how we manage dinner time and play time!
041: Strategies to help you navigate multicultural and multiethnic family relationships with Harriet Cannon
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Harriet Cannon, a licensed marriage and family therapist with over 25 years of experience and co-author of the book titled Mixed Blessings: A Guide to Multicultural and Multiethnic Relationships. Harriet shares the joys and challenges that a couple may experience when raising multilingual children and strategies to navigate these relationships.
040: Q&A - Tips to help your child transition to the community language
On this episode, I expand on a question I provided on a Google Hangout on International Mother Language Day. I give the listener some tips on how to help his children transition to the community language. We also discuss ideas on how to increase exposure without having the exposure come from the parents.
039: Achieving a family's language goals by listening to mom's advice with Joyce Giraud
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview actress, producer, philanthropist and mother, Joyce Giraud. She shares with us her family’s bilingual journey and how her mother’s advice to be patient and persevere gave her the motivation to stay committed to her sons’ language learning.
038: Q&A – Which third language should I introduce to my children?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I share my thoughts with a listener on which language she should introduce to her children. She is deciding between French which is spoken by a larger percentage of the population and Italian which she is very passionate about. Tune in to hear my recommendation.
037: Addressing common misconceptions about multilinguals with Madalena Cruz-Ferreira
On this episode, Madalena Cruz-Ferreira talks bout some common misconceptions about multilinguals. Specifically, we discuss the following myths: Multilinguals can learn languages easily, but only in childhood; Multilinguals don’t have many languages, they have many half-languages; Mulitlingualism should be encouraged but only in languages that matter; Multilinguals are multilinguals because they are gifted for languages.
036: Q&A – Should I communicate with my child in a non-native language if I am not fluent?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I share my thoughts with a listener who is proficient in English but not completely fluent. I give her some words of encouragement while suggesting some ideas to support and infuse more English into her interactions with her son.
035: Adding a little mandarin to your multilingual routine with Toni Wang
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Toni Wang a mother to three trilingual children and the artist behind “A Little Mandarin,” a collection of Chinese Children’s classics which she has given a new life with a contemporary sound and voice.
034: How should I address my family's concerns about our bilingual parenting choices?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I give a listener strategies on how to address her families hesitations about bringing up her son in a bilingual household. I chat about the importance of declaring your intentions, addressing any misconceptions her family members may have about bilingualism and suggest sharing the benefits of bilingualism to persuade the skepticism.
033: 4 common phenomena that children may experience when learning a second language with Dr. Alejandro Brice
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Dr. Alejandro Brice, a bilingual speech-language pathology researcher and a Professor at the University of South Florida. Dr. Brice discusses with us four common phenomena that children may experience when learning a second language including interference, the silent period, code switching, and language loss.
032: Q&A – Should I worry about my child picking up my non-native accent?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I answer a listener’s question who is concerned that his son will pick up his Russian accent when speaking English. I discuss the linguistic behavior of children when it comes to accents as their speech develops.
031: MAMI Talks about her bilingual parenting journey in San Diego with Dariela Cruz
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I chat with Dariela Cruz, the blogger behind MamiTalks. Dariela discusses her bilingual parenting journey including the struggles she had prior to establishing a language plan and the pride she now feels when she realizes how well her son has internalized his bilingual identity.
030: Aesop Fables for All
On this episode of the podcast, I share a project Bilingual Avenue is putting together in support of multilingualism and multiculturalism called Aesop Fables for All. Aesop Fables for All is a collective effort to translate and record a number of Aesop and other select fables, currently found in the open domain, in as many languages as possible. This project was inspired in part by International Mother Language Day which is celebrated on February 21, 2015.
029: Bringing up a bilingual child with Rita Rosenback
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Rita Rosenback, a mother to two multilingual daughters and the author of Bringing up a Bilingual Child. Rita discusses the 7 C’s parents need to navigate their multilingual children: Communication, Confidence, Commitment, Consistency, Creativity, Culture and Celebration.
028: Q&A - Synthesizing to Enhance Reading Comprehension
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I conclude the reading comprehension multiple part series discussing reading comprehension strategies. I introduce the last strategy, synthesizing and do a quick summary of all six strategies including making connections, visualizing, questioning, inferring and determining importance.
027: One family, three languages: A twist on the One Parent, One Language approach with Maria Babin
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Maria Babin. Maria is originally from Southern California where she was raised bilingual by her Peruvian father and Mexican mother. She developed an affinity for all things French from a very young age. She followed that love to Brigham Young University where she studied French literature and early childhood language acquisition! She currently lives in France with her French husband and four trilingual children. You can follow Maria’s multilingual journey on her blog atTrilingualmama.com.
026: Q&A - Determining Importance to Enhance Reading Comprehension
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I continue the reading comprehension multiple part series discussing reading comprehension strategies. This week we focus on determining importance to understand the big idea for both fiction and non-fiction texts.