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82Bow and Literacy
For a long time I've held off on publishing the next part of the story, for many reasons. This is the place where Bow's development shatters what everyone has believed so far about the cognitive abilities of...
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80Learning Traditional Chinese Characters through the Television Series AVATAR
In my family, the TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender is very popular. We like to watch it because it is a nice mix of adventure with romance. It's about our favorite topic: how a small band of individuals...
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74Can Your Child Learn Chinese On-Line?
My daughter and I lived in Taiwan for the first two years of her life. At the time, she had a Chinese nanny and was fluent in Mandarin, at least as fluent as a normal two year old can be. When she was...
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82Is Being Bilingual a Must in Today's America?
Should Americans-specifically American children-become bilingual, and if so, then what language(s) additional to English should they learn? Does it add value to their lives in any practical way?
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67Greek Baby Toys For Your Bilingual Baby
If you are a parent of a Greek baby and living abroad chances are you will want to keep you heritage and want your child to learn to speak Greek. Raising a bilingual baby may seem daunting at first but it...
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68Learning Mandarin through Song
One way to make language learning fun for your child is to include familiar songs in the lessons. It is easier to memorize words when they are set to music. Also, your child may already be familiar with the...
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81How to raise multilingual children
Multilinguism can be an option for some families. But for other families multilinguism is just a way of living and it comes naturally. Multilingual families come in all shapes and environments. Basically...
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79How To Maintain Your Multilingual Ability?
Plurilinguals are individuals who have acquired two or more languages and are able to function with them at a native level. That is to say that at least within one language skill --speaking, or writing, for...
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71Bilingual Education in the United States
Bilingual Education in the United States Bilingual education refers to the practice of teaching non-English speaking children in their native language. Developed in the 1960's, such programs...
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57Bedtime Stories: Of Dust and Strings and Everything
My daughter received a copy of The Golden Compass for Christmas from old family friends. I would probably not have purchased it myself, because I'd heard that Philip Pullman's series was a poor imitation of...
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