Minority
language(s)
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Approach
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City/region |
Parents
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Kid(s)
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Additional remarks
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OPOL
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Coúte d´Azur
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Olivier (9 Okt 1996) and Mélissa (19 Jul 1999)
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mL@H
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Paris (Ivry Sur Seine)
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Nezar (4 Aug 1996) and Samir (5 Apr 1998)
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French, American English and Arabic.
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OPOL
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Haute Normandie, Seine Maritime, ville d'Eu
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Gauvain (7 Apr 1994) and Loïc (24 Feb 1998)
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Other
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US (Carrboro, NC) and France, Montreuil
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Matthew (23 Dec 1997).
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We aren't sure yet where we live! Currently, things are a little crazy, with a lot of trips back and forth across the ocean. I speak English to Matthew most of the time, but I try to speak French with him a little every week. My husband speaks Punjabi to him when it's just the two of them, but I can't get him to continue when I'm there (hard since I don't understand much of it). Iqbal and I speak French to each other.
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OPOL
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Paris
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Alexander (9 Sep 2001).
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As we, the parents speak two different languages, which again are different from the one spoken in the country where we reside (French), we would like to hear some experiences from other families in the same situation. Will our son speak one day:-)?
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OPOL
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Hautes Alpes (between Grenoble and Nice)
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Daughter Julia (30 Aug 2002)...
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...plus two other children (not ours) we take care of (Mathieu, 1991, Vincent, 1993) - they speak only French.
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OPOL
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St Maur des Fosses (eastern Paris suburb)
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Charles (19 Feb 1991), Louis (5 Jul 1994) and Elliot (8 Sep 2000)
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Our children are fluent in French, they go to French public schools, watch movies in French etc. Even though I speak to them in English at home, it sometimes doesn't seem like enough. Their English would improve if some of their daily experiences were in English.
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OPOL
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Paris
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Eve/Louis, due mid-July 2004
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We are very interested in exchanging experiences and ideas with other
parents raising children using two or more languages.
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