4 multilingual parenting strategies to try with your child

07/01/23 • 26 min

004 - In this episode, Kaisa and Camillo explore different language strategies that families can use to teach their children multiple languages.
They begin by discussing the benefits of raising multilingual children and then dive into four different language strategies: One Parent One Language (OPOL), Minority Language at Home (ML@H), Time and Place, and Mixed Language Approach. For each strategy, they examine its advantages and disadvantages, provide real-life examples of families who have used them successfully, and offer insights into how to implement them effectively.
They conclude by emphasizing the importance of exposing children to multiple languages and cultures and encouraging families to experiment and find the method that works best for them.

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The Language Experiment - 4 multilingual parenting strategies to try with your child

Transcript

003 - 4 multilingual parenting strategies

[00:00:00] Hello and welcome to the Language Experiment Podcast. Hello everyone. So in this episode we are going to talk about four multilingual parenting strategies, and what do we mean by multilingual parenting strategies? Well, there just happens to be. Different kind of approaches that you can use, for teaching and exposing your kids to different languages. You can obviously use your own modified approach or if you are not familiar with some