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How can parents create a bilingual environment at school?

Corrie Tijsseling (GGMD): deaf education

Multilingualism

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

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

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

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

What are good sources to learn more about bilingualism?

Is it hard to grow up bilingually?

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

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

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

What are the advantages of bilingualism?

Do bilingual children have a smaller vocabulary than monolingual children?

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

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

To what extent does bilingualism positively affect other cognitive skills?

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

How does a language's status influence bilingual upbringing?