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A few months on… »

Lidia 07:45 am | Baby is walking and talking now, well talking… she says some words. After all these months of hectic work, I have finally conjured some strength and time! to sit down and write you…

Aug 24 2011 / 2 Comments / Read More »
In the media

Flexible language for food labels. »

Lidia 11:30 pm | In a recent health food conference, Anne Heughan, Director of External Affairs at Unilever, claimed that labels on food…

Dec 6 2010 / No Comment / Read More »

Michael Gove to put languages centre stage with English Baccalaureate? »

Languages could be given higher priority by the government.

David 07:52 pm | UK Education Minister Michael Gove has suggested plans to create what he calls an ‘English baccalaureate’. It will be…

Sep 7 2010 / No Comment / Read More »

The decline of languages in schools and universities »

Is language learning really in decline?

Lidia 04:41 pm | Every year at the end of August we see the TV and papers flood with news about GCSEs and…

Aug 25 2010 / 2 Comments / Read More »

Television and Video for Bilingual Baby »

There's loads of great TV in other languages

Lidia 09:46 pm | One of the challenges that most parents face nowadays is the battle against TV and computers. The way the…

Aug 23 2010 / No Comment / Read More »

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  3. Learning a Language with Professor Toto
  4. Flexible language for food labels.
  5. MacSpeech Dictate dictation software for Mac
  1. Lidia: Hi, thanks for your comment. Yes, you’re right. Especially, since the teaching of language in primary...
  2. Lidia: Thanks for your comment Nuria. It is very interesting hearing other people’s experiences.
  3. Nuria: In my case although my kids tend you use Spanish mixing some words here and there in Welsh and English when...
  4. Nuria: My kids are trilingual. Soooo much easy. Dad always speak in Welsh, mum always speak in Spanish, TV and friend...
  5. Nuria: It is something that shocked me greatly when I came to this country 11 years ago from Spain. The rest of...

Learning a Language with Professor Toto »

Lidia 07:08 pm | Professor Toto multilingual resources to help parents teach their children a foreign language.…

Jan 1 2011 / No Comment / Read More »
ProfessorToto

A few months on… »

Lidia 07:45 am | Baby is walking and talking now, well talking… she says some words. After all these months of hectic work, I have finally conjured some strength and time! to sit down and write you all some lines. The first few months aren’t easy, I am not talking of the string of nappies, sleepless nights and all…

Aug 24 2011 / 2 Comments / Read More »

Flexible language for food labels. »

Lidia 11:30 pm | In a recent health food conference, Anne Heughan, Director of External Affairs at Unilever, claimed that labels on food should not just be a list of ingredients. She felt that some thought had to be put into the wording of these labels, taking into account the linguistic culture of the target country. As an example…

Dec 6 2010 / No Comment / Read More »

The active, communicative toddler: wa-was and doggies »

Lidia 07:18 pm | Over the last few months our daughter has come along wonderfully, she is outgoing and communicative. I know that most of you, bilingual parents, will be fed up with hearing the same song “don’t worry, your child will be a late talker, because s/he is bilingual, but it’s normal.” Well, guess what, of all the…

Jan 9 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Baby: Don’t know a language? Make one up! »

David 03:37 pm | Our sixth month old baby, M, might not know any Spanish or English words yet but that’s not stopping her from developing a language of her own. For the first few brief months it’s hard to know what baby wants. Food? A clean nappy? A hug? Entertainment? Papa’s bad guitar playing? From this age they…

Sep 13 2010 / No Comment / Read More »
Language can take many forms.

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The active, communicative toddler: wa-was and doggies »

Lidia 07:18 pm | Over the last few months our daughter has come along wonderfully, she is outgoing and communicative. I know that most of you, bilingual parents, will be fed up with hearing…

Jan 9 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Michael Gove to put languages centre stage with English Baccalaureate? »

Languages could be given higher priority by the government.

David 07:52 pm | UK Education Minister Michael Gove has suggested plans to create what he calls an ‘English baccalaureate’. It will be a certificate awarded…

Sep 7 2010 / No Comment / Read More »

Learning versus acquiring »

Language learning is lifelong.

Lidia 06:04 am | Learning or acquiring a language. What's the difference? Would you teach your kid a language which isn't your native language?…

Apr 3 2010 / 1 Comment / Read More »
Why I wanted to bring up my child bilingual! »

Reviews

MacSpeech is pretty incredible software.

MacSpeech Dictate dictation software for Mac »

David 10:50 am | We’ve been blogging about how children acquire languages but recently my Apple Macintosh has been also starting to understand words of itself, thanks to MacSpeech Dictate. MacSpeech dictate is current-generation…

Sep 23 2010 / No Comment / Read More »

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