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

Sharen Unsworth (Radboud University): multilingualism

Multilingualism

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

How can parents create a bilingual environment at school?

How does a language's status influence bilingual upbringing?

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

To what extent does bilingualism positively affect other cognitive skills?

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?

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

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

Do bilingual children have a smaller vocabulary than monolingual children?

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

What are the advantages of bilingualism?

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

Is it hard to grow up bilingually?

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

What are good sources to learn more about bilingualism?