Just Deaf

"I think bilingualism is very important for your self-confidence."

Van Scheppingen family

Multilingualism

Should parents make a choice for their child between spoken language or sign language?

Should you be worried if children are mixing up the two languages they're learning?

What can you do to offer your child a richer language environment?

How can parents create a bilingual environment at school?

What are the advantages of bilingualism?

Do bilingual children have a smaller vocabulary than monolingual children?

"Children will go their own way with their language preferences, anyway."

Is it difficult for children to learn two languages at the same time?

To what extent does bilingualism positively affect other cognitive skills?

"Children learn to switch between sign language and spoken language early on."

What are good sources to learn more about bilingualism?

"You have to sign, or you'll make your child unhappy."

Is it hard to grow up bilingually?

Can children learn both a spoken language and sign language at the same time?

How does a language's status influence bilingual upbringing?

"Once you've got a good grasp of sign language, Dutch will follow naturally."