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Multilingual families

The Birthday Party: A Montessori Mother in Japan

Montessori preschoolers in Tokyo preparing a feast Anyone who has young children attending pre-school or participating in other similar programs will be acquainted with birthday rituals in group settings such…

Angela Turzynski-AzimiFebruary 12, 2013

Multilingual families

Victory in battle to stream German content to USA

Maxdome This is a follow-up entry to a previous entry in which I wrote about the relationship between family language learning and Easy Hide IP, a proxy server software that…

Christof Demont-HeinrichJanuary 25, 2013

Multilingual families

Early study abroad students in young adulthood

Jogiyuhak (early study abroad) is very popular in South Korea (Source: chosun.com) Readers of Language on the Move will be familiar with South Korea’s English fever, the sweeping zeal for…

Bong Jeong LeeJanuary 8, 2013

Multilingual families

Christmas in Nicaragua

Purísima altar Editor's Note: We are delighted to be able to share this report about 'the festive season' in Nicaragua, a context that is probably quite alien to many of our…

Frida WeissDecember 19, 2012

Multilingual families

Hiding my IP to learn German

The "Sorry" message of a German live-streaming site inaccessible to US-based viewers You’ve probably never heard of Easy Hide IP, an admittedly obscure software that allows you to surf the…

Christof Demont-HeinrichNovember 30, 2012

Multilingual families

The Calendar: A Montessori Mother in Japan

The completed calendar, rolled up and secured with a rubber band When my son was six years old, he came home from his Japanese Montessori pre-school one day saying that…

Angela Turzynski-AzimiOctober 15, 2012

Multilingual families

English dominates at German camp in USA

Eierlaufen (egg-and-spoon race) at German Camp, USA My two daughters – whom my wife and I are raising as English-German bilinguals in the USA – have been going to German…

Christof Demont-HeinrichAugust 7, 2012

Multilingual families

Free language choice?!

Inspired by Quantum Cloud, Younghyung Chung, 2004 (Source: risknfun.com) I don’t like the word 'choice.' So, when I recently asked someone I know well to consider an action that would…

Christof Demont-HeinrichJune 29, 2012

Multilingual families

The high price of multilingualism

The high price of multilingualism When society doesn’t value something you, as an individual, do, you, the individual, end up paying for society’s lack of valuation. That’s the case with…

Christof Demont-HeinrichJune 18, 2012

Does bilingualism cause temper tantrums?

Multilingual families

Does multilingualism cause temper tantrums?

Does bilingualism cause temper tantrums? (Source: ehow.com) My husband and I are raising our children (aged five and two) to be trilingual in English (my L1), Spanish (my husband’s L1)…

Lisa FairbrotherJune 11, 2012

Multilingual families

English only on this American playground please

I’ve written before that I’ve never had an experience in which someone responded negatively to me when I speak German to my daughters in public here in the United States.…

Christof Demont-HeinrichMay 5, 2012

Language learning Multilingual families

Linguistic extremism

I know some people think what I am doing with my daughters – speaking German to them one-hundred percent of the time even though German is a second language for…

Christof Demont-HeinrichJanuary 30, 2012

Multilingual families

German-English vs. Spanish-English

I have frequently wondered how my experiences speaking German in public with my two daughters, 7, and 5, whom my wife and I are raising as English-German bilinguals in the…

Christof Demont-HeinrichJanuary 21, 2012

Multilingual families

Cost of monolingualism: $254,000

American society places little value on meaningful multilingualism for young people, or for adults for that matter. Nowhere is this lack of valuation more apparent than in the U.S. public…

Christof Demont-HeinrichNovember 23, 2011

Multilingual families

Hanging on to German in the USA

I wasn’t sure of the best way to enter the Language-on-the-Move community. I’ve decided simply to start by telling you a little bit about me and my ongoing quest to…

Christof Demont-HeinrichNovember 16, 2011

Multilingual families

Australian on the Move

In this episode of Japanese-on-the-Move we are pleased to introduce you to Simon Rodwell. Simon describes himself as a regular Australian guy. For him, that involves speaking Japanese, having a…