Category: 12 Common Myths and Misconceptions about Bilingual Children

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Common Myths and Misconceptions about Bilingual Children #8: If a bilingual child experiences any languages problems in one or both languages, dropping one of the languages will fix the situation.

As teachers working in international schools, we are most likely teaching and working with bilingual children (or even, more likely, multilingual children). Many international school

December 16, 2012 No Comments

Common Myths and Misconceptions about Bilingual Children #7: Parents who do not speak a language perfectly will pass their errors and their accent on to their children.

As teachers working in international schools, we are most likely teaching and working with bilingual children (or even, more likely, multilingual children). Many international school

October 18, 2012 No Comments

Common Myths and Misconceptions about Bilingual Children #6: Some languages are more primitive than others and are therefore easier to learn.

As teachers working in international schools, we are most likely teaching and working with bilingual children (or even, more likely, multilingual children). Many international school

September 1, 2012 No Comments

Common Myths and Misconceptions about Bilingual Children #5: You have to be gifted in languages in order to learn two languages at once.

As teachers working in international schools, we are most likely teaching and working with bilingual children (or even, more likely, multilingual children). Many international school

July 29, 2012 No Comments

Common Myths and Misconceptions about Bilingual Children #4: Bilinguals are like two monolinguals in one person

As teachers working in international schools, we are most likely teaching and working with bilingual children (or even, more likely, multilingual children). Many international school

June 24, 2012 No Comments

Common Myths and Misconceptions about Bilingual Children #3: Young children soak up languages like sponges.

As teachers working in international schools, we are most likely teaching and working with bilingual children (or even, more likely, multilingual children). Many international school

May 26, 2012 No Comments

Common Myths and Misconceptions about Bilingual Children #2: Bilinguals start out school behind monolinguals and they never catch up.

As teachers working in international schools, we are most likely teaching and working with bilingual children (or even more likely multilingual children). Many international school

April 22, 2012 No Comments

Common Myths and Misconceptions about Bilingual Children #1: Bilingual children start to speak later than monolinguals.

As teachers working in international schools, we are most likely teaching and working with bilingual children (or even more likely multilingual children). Many international school

March 20, 2012 No Comments