073: Be Bilingual – Practical Ideas for Multilingual Families with Annika Bourgogne

06/23/15 • 21 min

On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview book author and multilingual mom Annika Bourgogne. Annika provides advice for parents whose children are struggling to engage with them in the target language. She also shares tips for parents whose children are pushing back on learning to read in their home language along with inspiration for anyone on the language journey.

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072: Q&A - What should I ask during a parent/teacher conference about my multilingual child?

On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I answer a mother’s question who has a parent/teacher conference coming up at her son is school and wants to maximize her time with her son’s teacher. I include ten different themes to consider when meeting with her child’s teacher.

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074: Q&A - How do you increase exposure to the target language for your family?

On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I share the five top things that I do to increase exposure in Spanish in the home specifically: having a consistent reading routine, chat with family members over Skype, narrate what I do to my toddler, elongating my toddler’s sentences and playing!