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Why I Love Being Bilingual & Want my Kids to Speak 2 Languages

I’ll admit it: I’m love the fact that I am bilingual. And when I say I’m bilingual, I don’t mean that I can speak two languages, more or less fluently. I mean that I am fully fluent in English and Spanish, and that I speak, read and…
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Bilingual from Birth: Raising My Son in Two Languages

Before I was even pregnant, I knew I’d raise my child bilingual. What I didn’t know is how well it would actually work! At two years old, Daniel is talking up a storm. He’s surrounded by Spanish speakers so he’s speaking mostly in…
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5 Challenges To Overcome When Raising Your Bilingual Child

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Before I had kids, I would turn my nose up at anyone who spoke just one language and failed to raise bilingual kids. I found it aggravating and unforgivable. After all, I had been raised to be fully bilingual! Well, when I had my kids, I discovered…
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Join Mamiverse & SocialMoms for Our #BilingualPlus Twitter Event!

Mamiverse’s Bilingual Plus is an online channel devoted to bringing parents and educators the bilingual learning tools they need in the form of digital picture books, sing-alongs, and free curriculum-based family activities. To mark the…
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How Children Can Help Parents Learn Spanish

After 28 years as a language instructor I can tell how people learn best. While it’s true we all learn a bit differently, when it comes to acquiring information and retaining it we are all pretty much the same. We remember with visual aids…
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10 Spanish Phrases for Professional Success

These common Spanish phrases help remind us to stay focused and stay committed, to be bold and be experts in our fields, and to forget about the naysayers—all surefire recipes for professional success! SIGN-UP NOW FOR FREE DEMO! Alabarse,…
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Is Spanglish Killing Real Bilingualism?

Heraclitus of Ephesus, the Greek man of wisdom who lived five hundred years before Christ, said, observing nature, “everything is in a state of flux,” meaning that everything is forever changing and that no human ever steps in the same…
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After a Lifetime of Searching, I Found My Bicultural Tribe

As a young girl, every time an American said to me "where is your accent from?" I felt insulted. Whenever a Spaniard called me guiri (a slang word for "foreigner" that comes from guirigay, which means "hubbub or chaos," referring to how a…
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Different Degrees of Bilingualism and How to Attain Them

A high stage of expertise is a goal we must all strive for and never quit trying to achieve. Otherwise, we risk becoming self-satisfied and complacent. Language is a life-long affair and the sooner we accept this fact, the better we will fare…