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Recent observations
- Lullaby and bonne nuit
- Strasbourg’s disorganised Summer festival
- Mister Cellophane
- The minefield of French pronunciation
- Big excuse
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- A french haircut?
- The gods of Bande Dessinée come to Strasbourg
- Comics, cows, theatre and music
- Hands high if you’re European!
- A word on the Euro
- The BMW X6
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Tag Archives: bilingual
Mother and Father tongue
It was our pediatrician who eventually decided to refer our 3 year old to a speech therapist having seen little progress in his language development over the preceding 12 months, but it was our pediatrician himself who gave us the … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Strasbourg, raising bilingual children
Tagged bilingual, france, language development, preschool, Strasbourg, toddlers
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Bilingual babies and toddlers don’t talk
One thing we never really considered when we moved to France was how our children would cope with growing up in a bilingual environment. With hardly a sentence of French between us, let alone any first hand experience of bilingualism, … Continue reading