Multilingual parenting 1 ET

Teaching your children more than one language is...

• the transmission of your mother tongue and culture to the next generation

• Delaying their language development

• Confusing children with multiple languages

• helping their brain executive functions to develop

What does OPOL stand for?

What are the 3 stages of multilingual parenting?

• Input, Exposure and Environment

• Before school, before the teen age, during the teen age

How do we call someone who doesn't speak but understands a language?

Code-mixing is bad!

• Yes

• No

Introducing a new language too early can confuse children

• Maybe

• No

• Yes

What skill does a child need to develop to learn to read?

• Watching videos

• cognitive skills

• motor skills

• the sense of touch

You can use __________ to develop reading skills in toddlers

The Family language strategy that works best is the OPOL

• Maybe

• Yes

• It depends

It's important to talk to your children about

• Dad's bad habits

• toys

• their ethnicity

• languages