Minority languages
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Approach
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City/state
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Parents
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Kid(s)
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Additional remarks
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mL@H
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New York, Brooklyn
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Naysa (27 Jan 2002)
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OPOL
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San Diego, California
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Erica (4 Dec 1997)
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OPOL
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Long Island ~ Centereach, NY
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Emilie (16 Apr 2002)
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I am French and speak French only to our 1 year-old daughter. My husband speaks only English (he is learning French together with his daughter). I would like to create a French playgroup in Suffolk county (Long Island, NY).
Our local library would possibly provide a room for that. I would like Emilie to have some French-speaking friends.
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OPOL
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Snoqualmie,WA
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Corey (9 Sep 2002)
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Meital speaks to our son in French, although it`s not her native language.We are looking forward to hear from other bi-lingual families,especially francophone.
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mL@H
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Tucson, AZ
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Ingo (18 Feb 1994) and Bibiana (3 Jul 1997)
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The parents´ mother tongue is Dutch. Trying to teach son Spanish.
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OPOL
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Gaithersburg, MD
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Zachary (22 Nov 1997) and Lucas (17 Nov 1999)
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At home we mostly speak Spanish since I know Spanish. I tried to talk to my children in French but it is hard since my dh doesn't speak it. I think my oldest son understands it but does not speak it eventhough he knows a lot of words.
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OPOL
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Birmingham, Alabama
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Elena and Francesc (Oct 2003)
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The common language between me and my husband is only English. Since I am from Barcelona, Spain my mother language is Catalan. Andreas mother's language is Greek, since he is Cypriot. And the nanny that takes care of our babies is from Mexico, so she only speaks Spanish.
I talk to them in Catalan always, Andreas, my husband, talks to them in Greek, the nanny talks to them in Spanish. We live in Alabama so the language here is English (which is what I speak with Andreas)
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OPOL
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Chicago, Illinois
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Charles (20 Mar 2002)
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We have just started using OPOL. I would be greatful for any reccomendations on how to raise my son bilingually in French and English in an area of the US where there are very few French speakers and when French is not my mother tongue. Has anyone attempted this at home?
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OPOL
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Atlanta, GA
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Emile (1995), Nikolas (1997), Dominik (2000)
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Minority languages: German and Farsi.
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Other
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Edmond, Oklahoma
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Rachael (6 May 1998)
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I speak both languages - native Russian and English,but my husband speaks only English. I am trying to take OPOL approach but it is not always possible with our english-speaking family and friends.
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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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New Jersey
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Adrian Arjun (13 Oct 2000)
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We are an indian-german family (Brita speaks German and Anand speaks Tamil) and would like to hear from other families that educate their children trilingually.
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Other
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New Jersey
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Stephan Toomas (16 Sep 1998) and Lea Noora (10 Nov 1999)
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Since we live in an English speaking country, our familiy language is German but my husband speaks Estonian and I speak German with the children - I would say, we have OPOL and mL@H
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OPOL
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Davis, CA
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Mia (1994) and Eva (1997)
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OPOL
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Beaumont, California
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Evan (4 Aug 2000) and girl due by 16 Apr 2004
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We'd like to find Danish speaking friends for our children.
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OPOL
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Kalamazoo, MI
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Noah (6 Aug 2000) and ?, due by 29 Apr 2002
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OPOL
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Los Angeles, California
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Gabriel (20 Apr 1997) and Sofia (18 Apr 2000)
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Our son also speaks Spanish and English.
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OPOL
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Jacksonville, FL
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Randall (6 Jul 1996), Gina (27 Mar 1998) and Miles (12 Sep 2000).
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I am a Korean born in Japan. Unfortunately I don't speak Korean. I thought I should mention this because my name is in Korean just in case someone wondered.
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mL@H
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Pittsford NY - Western NY
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Elena (5 Nov 1992), Francesco (14 Apr 1996) and Caterina (19 Feb 2000)
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Originally we used the OPOL approach, but now we swichted to mL@H (Minority Language At Home) and are actually trying to speak minority language among ourselves everywhere.
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mL@H
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Massachussets
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James (24 May 2004)
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Both parents ar native English speakers. Stephanie teaches Italian but is struggling to teach it to her son! Scott speaks a bit and is eager to help but neither parent knows how to get a toddler to be truly bilingual.
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