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In this area of the site you will find our catalogue of editorial columns, as well as the latest article from each of our authors. Click on a column’s name to see all the articles associated to that column, or on an article’s name to read directly the article. Depending on privileges, you can rate each article, select notification options or leave your comments.
From the Heart By Clare O'Reilly

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19-Dec-2006 09:48
It's funny how the "specialists" expect a child to do so much when deep down, they don't believe in his abilities. Some will fight you with all their might until they break you down, using all means possible. And here comes the big dilemma; which practices are acceptable and which are NOT.
A little place for me to reach out to you, expressing what I have in mind - not always in a peaceful way. It could've as well be named "Clare the revolutionist!". Whether you find it interesting, it is up to you.
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Lorraine's Corner By Lorraine Rice

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31-Mar-2007 08:24
The balancing act between all the facets of a working parent's life is a delicate one, and one false move could have the whole lot crashing down! Am I making it work, or just "surviving"?
Life with bilingual twins and then two more, by a working mum of four gorgeous little boys!
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Jabberlingual By Alice Lapuerta

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23-Jan-2005 02:51
"Just imagine, Albin can say ‚rotation machine’!" Albin's mother told Stig's mother, when the two boys just turned two years old. Stig's mother went home and stared at Stig. "Say rotation machine!" "Groffa," said Stig. That means ‘grandfather’ and that is not entirely the same as ‘rotation machine’. -Astrid Lindgren, Erzählungen
Jabberlingual - or - "Through the (tri)lingual-glass and what Alice found there ... " On the challenge, thrill, joy and angst of raising a trilingual toddler.
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Double Trouble By Jenny

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23-Feb-2005 08:40
All this worry about what languages to teach children and how, and I’m finding my two boys do just fine communicating with me already in the womb.
Jenny Leal is a journalist from the US who has been living in China for 3½ years, where she married “Jack” Lin. Currently, she edits news for the national English TV channel. Jenny plans to return to the US with Jack in March for him to study, to have their twins, and for her to remember how to speak proper English so she can teach them.
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La Odisea de Atenea By Vera Mavrikaki

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17-Apr-2007 10:27
Hace unos días, la nena y yo, paseando por nuestro barrio en las afueras de Atenas, tuvimos la suerte de conocer a una madre con su hija, españolas que viven por aquí. Ninguna de mis amigas hispanoha...
¿Qué pasa cuando se quiere crecer a un niña bilingüe pero los 2 padres son de la misma nacionalidad? ¿Y cuando el uno de los dos le habla en su segunda lengua (en nuestro caso el español) y no en su materna? Mil y un asuntos, siempre de buen rollito y con las mejores intenciones.
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