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How can parents create a bilingual environment at school?

Corrie Tijsseling (GGMD): deaf education

Multilingualism

What can you do to offer your child a richer language environment?

How does a language's status influence bilingual upbringing?

What are the advantages of bilingualism?

Should parents make a choice for their child between spoken language or sign language?

To what extent does bilingualism positively affect other cognitive skills?

"I think bilingualism is very important for your self-confidence."

What are good sources to learn more about bilingualism?

"Children learn to switch between sign language and spoken language early on."

Is it hard to grow up bilingually?

Can children learn both a spoken language and sign language at the same time?

Do bilingual children have a smaller vocabulary than monolingual children?

"Children will go their own way with their language preferences, anyway."

Is it difficult for children to learn two languages at the same time?

"Once you've got a good grasp of sign language, Dutch will follow naturally."

"You have to sign, or you'll make your child unhappy."

Should you be worried if children are mixing up the two languages they're learning?