General resources, websites, community projects
This page is under continued development.
UCL BiLingo.
Information service. For anyone interested or involved in raising, educating and caring of multilingual and bilingual children.
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UCL BiLingo | IOE - Faculty of Education and Society - UCL – University College London
Multilingual Families - European Education Project (multilingual-families.eu)
Multilingual parenting - families with bilingual children
Home | Multilingualhub (multilingualfamilyhub.com)
Empowerment of bilingual families | PEaCH | EU Project (bilingualfamily.eu)
Bilingual Education Articles and Resources for Families and Educators
The Critical Connections Multilingual Digital Storytelling Project @ Goldsmiths (https://goldsmithsmdst.com/). All schools are welcome to participate in this innovative project enhancing children’s love and engagement with languages and literacies through the creation of digital films, artwork and poetry. If there is interest I can sound out Vicky Macleroy and Jim Anderson (project directors) to present the project to the group as part of a CPD activity.
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Colin Baker - A Parents' and Teachers' Guide to Bilingualism.
Raising Multilingual Children
by Julia Festman, Gregory J. Poarch, Jean-Marc Dewaele
Bilingual Families: A Practical Language Planning Guide
by Eowyn Crisfield | 2021
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Zurer Pearson, Barbara (2008). Raising a bilingual child: A step-by-step guide for parents. New York, USA: Living Language (Random House).
King, Kendall & Alison Mackey (2007). The bilingual edge: Why, when, and how to teach your child a second language. New York, NY, USA: Collings
Wang, Xiao-lei (2008). Growing up with three languages: Birth to eleven. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters. Wang, Xiao-lei (2011). Learning to read and write in the multilingual family. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters. Maintaining Three Languages: The Teenage Years (Parents' and Teachers' Guides Book 22) 1st Edition, Kindle Edition by Dr. Xiao-lei Wang (Author)
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Bilingual – Life and Reality (by François Grosjean) The Bilingual Brain (by Arturo E. Hernandez)
Multilingual Matters|Channel View Publications Series Results (multilingual-matters.com)
Multilingual Matters/Channel View Publications Ltd is an independent academic book publisher based in Bristol, UK. Publications in the fields of applied linguistics, literacy education, multicultural education, immigrant language learning and second language acquisition.
Series
Bilingual Education and Bilingualism Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism by Colin Baker (multilingual-matters.com)
Parents' and Teachers' Guides
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Organisations and associations.
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Time together - support for multilingual families | National Literacy Trust
NALDIC | EAL National Subject Association
Centre for Language, Culture and Learning @ Goldsmiths (https://www.gold.ac.uk/clcl/) and Centre blog (https://sites.gold.ac.uk/clcl-blog/) with updates about research, publications, events, podcasts etc.
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Video, recordings, podcasts, seminars.
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Dr Vally Lytra
A talk for parents on ‘Living and learning bilingually at home in the school and the community’ (21/10/2022) at the International School of Lausanne: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONDb84sA51c&t=1s
A podcast featuring the principles underlying our new edited book ‘Liberating Language Education’ (eds. Vally Lytra, Cristina Ros i Solé, Jim Anderson and Vicky Macleroy) published by Multilingual Matters (2022) and addressing the overarching question how can we re-imagine language and language education under conditions of uncertainty and change?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggZkiWQVWaY
The Motivated Classroom podcasts with Dr Liam Printer (Language teacher, podcast host, educational consultant, workshop leader and trainer for motivation, engagement and comprehensible input teaching approaches) especially designed for language educators: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheMotivatedClassroom/featured
Plurilingual Lab at McGill University with a wealth of video and other resources : https://www.mcgill.ca/plurilinguallab/ and the Speaker Series featuring cutting edge research: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRZo5YABmOi6GefqXsWhB283ZIVDo9Gl9
Antonella Sorace talk about the benefits of bilingualism. View here: Antonella Sorace Small File.mp4
UCL Seminars
Interview with J-M Dewaele on bilingualism, bilingual development and bilingual education
Faces/Bridging the World with Maria Gavrilova / Guest J-M. Dewaele, professor of Applied Linguistics
My Bilingual Family SBS
https://www.sbs.com.au/language/english/podcast/my-bilingual-family
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Juca Podcast - Portuguese Podcast
https://meuspodcasts.wixsite.com/juca/podcast
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Bilingual Kids Rock
https://bilingualkidsrock.com/category/podcast/
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Video, recordings, podcasts, seminars.
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Prof. Antonella Sorace - Common methods to raise multilingual childre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_E5AvqQd0A
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Prof. Ellen Bialystok - Why is speaking more than one language good for your child? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByM3kE6nQaE
No Child Left Monolingual: Kim Potowski: https://youtu.be/pSs1uCnLbaQ
How to raise a bilingual child? 5 myths debunked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHA0SRimMeo
How to raise a bilingual child? 5 tips to keep your child motivated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI5qDvMbQus
How to raise a bilingual child? 5 tips on introducing your language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJMwPmLB4ZA
How to raise a bilingual child? 5 tips for language learning in everyday life:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_FZSeeOojE
How to raise a bilingual child? Choosing a family language strategy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeO3XxHojJM
What is translanguaging, really?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNOtmn2UTzI
Jonty Yamisha - Raising multilingual children in endangered and less accessible languages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVsJmBZaq4s
Prof. Mila Schwartz - Importance of the role of children when choosing a right language strategy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9bTD2zNwRY
Dr. Mary Pat O'Malley - When Your Bilingual Child Seems Late To Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW9IMC6UmKM
Ellen Rose Kambel - The Language Friendly School: Creating a Global Community: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVlkfbEB00Y
Shereen Sharaan - Impact of bilingualism on autistic children: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT9XWbD3cxo
Parents Session - Languages in families on the move: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7cMoXBtuEw
World Language Credit Program Honors Bilingual Immigrant Students: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgCMhiM1N-o
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvGWMAUZ79_BFnVydzgNAHQ
CREATING A SUPPORT NETWORK FOR BILINGUAL PARENTSCreating bilingual minds | Naja Ferjan Ramirez | TEDxLjubljana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp2Fvkt-TRM
Insight: Learning my family's native language helped me find my identity https://www.statepress.com/article/2021/03/specho-language-as-identity?fbclid=IwAR038fbBQlCF6EydTyyK4sHMiJu9yZa6_jhhedWV-BMAZZLeLMsx9a952Kk
One culture, two generations: Learning my mother tongue https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-45903564
Fun Activity Ideas for Parents Raising a Bilingual Child (mammaprada.com)
Multilingual & bilingual children: tips | Raising Children Network