Language Development Myth #4

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By: Smart Coos Close to 75% of the world’s population speaks more than one language. It just so happens that, because English is the lingua franca of the world, English-speaking countries tend to have higher levels of monolingualism because most of the world already speaks their language. It is only…
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Language Development Myth #3

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By: Smart Coos It’s true that children learn to speak a language more easily than adults, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t need help doing so. Like anything else, practice makes perfect. Children don’t even pick up their native language without being exposed to it for long periods of…
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Learning Spanish the Right Way

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By: Jessie Mundo Edited by: Gelsey Brizo Learning Spanish the Right Way Spanish can be a tricky language, especially with all the anglicisms it keeps accepting. Many words are being borrowed from English and there are a lot of words that sound alike in both languages, but that doesn’t mean…
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English Homonyms

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By: Smart Coos English Homonyms Learning a language is an intimidating task in and of itself, but even experienced speakers of a language often fall victim to commonly misused words in the twisted web of mispronunciations, misspellings, and homonyms, that language can be. To make it easier for new language…
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French Homophones

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by: Smart Coos French Homophones Learning languages is fun and exciting, but sometimes it can be a little tricky. We all remember struggling with words that were just so gosh darn similar they tripped us up all the time. “You’re” and “your” always confused me as a kid and my…
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Interesting Advantage to Becoming Bilingual

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by: Summer Blackhurst Interesting Advantage to Becoming Bilingual Joe Budelli from California doesn’t speak Spanish, but his two girls are in a Spanish speaking dual immersion program and he uses native language speakers in his home to help the girls do well in school. Joe was pleasantly surprised, however, when…
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Traveling with Toddlers: No Risk, No Reward

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by Gelsey Brizo Traveling with Toddlers: No Risk, No Reward Have you ever thought about traveling with your child but have been too scared of all the obstacles you might encounter? I’ve heard horror stories from my parents about broken stroller wheels, exploding and spilling milk bottles, not to mention…
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MARIA BABIN: TRILINGUAL MAMA

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  by: Smart Coos Maria Babin: Trilingual Mama   [caption id="attachment_1408" align="alignleft" width="300"] Maria Babin is successfully raising four trilingual children.[/caption]   Maria Babin, creator of Trilingual Mama, has a trilingual, multicultural family that are currently living in Normandy, France. She blogs about her family's linguistic and cultural adventures and offers advice on raising bilingual…
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Multiple languages – multiple personalities?

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  by: Smart Coos Multiple languages - multiple personalities? [caption id="attachment_1255" align="alignleft" width="300"] Stephanie Cook: Bilingual mother, blogger[/caption] Someone asked me the other day if I preferred speaking English or German. I was thrown for a minute, and then started to seriously think about this question. Do I have a…
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