Bilingual Avenue with Marianna Du Bosq

On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I answer a listener’s question with some ideas to support language needs at home.  Many parents with children in multilingual schools do not necessarily speak every language their child is learning.  I encourage parents to focus on promoting literacy skills, increasing exposure and staying connected with the school staff. 

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On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Liza Sánchez, mother to four multilingual daughters and founder of Escuela Bilingüe Internacional (EBI), the first independent school in California to offer Spanish-English dual language programs.  EBI is a pre-kinder through 8th grade dual language school with classes in Mandarin starting in the 3rd grade. 

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On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I answer a listener’s question to help him get his children speaking in their heritage language, Spanish.  Since they entered pre-school and they are getting more exposure in English they engage with him in English. I talk about how to create opportunities where his children will feel the need to communicate in Spanish and also provide some tips and strategies on how to increase exposure to their heritage language. 

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On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Úna McCarthy-Fakhry, a mother of two bilingual girls who saw an obstacle and took matters into her own hands.  Tune in to learn how Úna developed a multilingual alphabet to help her daughters and little linguists all over the world! 

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On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I answer a listener’s question regarding how to introduce a third language when the parent is proficient yet not fluent in the language. 

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On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Daria Marmaluk-Hajioannou, a recording artists, folksinger, winner of multiple parenting awards, world traveler and mom to multilingual children.  Daria discusses how languages can help create conversations from the heart and how music can help aid the language learning experience. 

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On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I answer a listener’s question regarding how to address parenting issues when only one parent speaks the minority language.

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On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Adriana Zoder, a homeschooling mom, author, blogger and newspaper columnist!  Adriana discusses how she is introducing a third language to her bilingual children, the challenges she has faced raising her children speaking English & Romanian and some wonderful proud parenting moments. 

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