Category: raising bilingual children

• A Bilingual Journey of Spanish and English. Guest Post by Diana Sampedro

  My name is Diana, I am a Spanish mum of a 6 year old girl, and we live in Spain. Her dad is Spanish, too. I love languages and speak English so I decided to raise my kid bilingual, even though I am not a “native” English speaker myself. I think babies and kids have […]

  Suzanne García-Mateus

  June 22, 2016

  Bicultural Experiences, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Experiences, Bilingual Writers, dual immersion, dual language education, multicultural education, multilingual education, raising bilingual children, Translanguaging

  Native vs. non-native speakers

• 3rd generation bilinguals: an anomaly?

  Statistically speaking my daughters should not be speaking Spanish. It is a well known fact that most U.S. born individuals lose their parents or grandparents “native” language by the 3rd generation. First generation being the parents that immigrated to the U.S. and 2nd generation being the children born in the U.S. I have to admit […]

  Suzanne García-Mateus

  February 22, 2016

  3rd generation bilinguals, Bicultural Experiences, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Experiences, multicultural education, raising bilingual children, Translanguaging