Bilingual Avenue with Marianna Du Bosq
Bilingual Avenue is a podcast created for parents raising bilingual children and educators teaching dual language learners. The Bilingual Avenue podcast is a guide on what to do, how to do it and what to expect when working with multilingual children. Tune in for insightful interviews with experts and parents as they share best practices, failures, obstacles and inspiration to guide your journey with bilingual children. If you are looking for resources, strategies and actionable tips, Bilingual Avenue is for you!
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 175
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2018
096: Q&A - How can I teach my child to write in the home language?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I give a mother advice on how to introduce writing for her children. She is looking for tips to teach writing in the home language which will be different from t…
095: Creating a language program in your child’s school with Amanda Shong-Blahdgett
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Amanda Shong-Blahdgett also known as Miss Panda. She is raising her two children to be bilingual in Mandarin Chinese and English. Miss Panda is also…
094: Q&A – How strict should I be with my child about answering in the target language?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I answer a question from a father who is wondering if he should be stricter with his daughter since she is refusing to engage with him in the target language. I …
093: 15 helpful tools to help you and your child learn a language with Lindsay Dow
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Lindsay Dow, a private language tutor and the founder of Lindsay Does Languages. Lindsay believes in inspiring others to teach themselves languages. …
092: Q&A - How to teach two languages at once and strategies to promote language development
On this episode of the Bilingual Avenue podcast, I share strategies with a listener who is interested in teaching her child two languages, English and Russian. I explain to her who the One Parent, O…
091: Instilling a love for culture from an early age with Carla Curiel
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Carla Curiel the founder of Mundo Lanugo. Lanugo is a Miami-based lifestyle and entertainment brand for preschoolers inspiring Latin at heart confid…
090: Q&A - Is it too late to teach my older children a second language?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I provide advice to a mother who is concerned that she may have waited too long to teach her children Italian. Her children are 6 and 11 and although they are sh…
089: Tips and tricks to foster language development from birth to four years old with Nicola Lathey
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Nicola Lathey, one of the top speech and language therapists in the United Kingdom. She is the author of the prize‐winning and best-selling book, Sma…
088: Q&A - Will my child fall behind academically if he attends a language school?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I check in with a mother who is concerned that her son may fall behind in Kindergarten if he attends a Spanish only preschool. I describe the different concepts …
087: Learning language from our kids with Brynn Barineau
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Brynn Barineau. Brynn is originally from Atlanta and has a BA and MA in International Communication from American University in Washington DC. It wa…
086: Q&A - Will my child be confuse if we change our language strategy?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I give advice to a mother who is worried that changing her language strategy with her daughter will confuse her. Currently, they are speaking English at home whi…
085: Four family languages and the researcher who brings them all together with Annabelle Humanes
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Annabelle Humanes, a former researcher in language acquisition and language teacher in a previous decade. She shares with you her tips for getting y…
084: Q&A – Language schools models and will my child be able to learn the community language?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I describe the different types of language school models available to parents including two way immersion, submersion and transitional programs. I also answer a …
083: Living a multilingual, pluralistic & interdependent global lifestyle with Alice Jungclaus
This episode is sponsored by Gus on the Go, an great language app for the little ones at home! Visit www.gusonthego.com/bilingualavenue and get access to a special free printable exclusively for Bili…
082: Q&A - How to adapt the family language strategy when a new language is introduced?
On this episode of the podcast, I answer a listener’s question who is concerned that although her family has moved to Taiwan her children may have limited exposure to Mandarin. She wants to help the…
081: Learning another language after childhood with Sonia Gil
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I chat with Sonia Gil, an entrepreneur, language geek, and passionate traveler! Sonia is on a mission to show the world how travel can enrich your life without e…
080: Q&A: Which language should I speak to my child while he transitions to the community language?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I answer a listener’s question who is navigating her son’s transition to the community language. She is concerned that he will need more exposure to English to m…
079: One dad's adventure raising a trilingual son with Yono Mittlefehldt
Yono Mittlefehldt was born in Israel but grew up in the United States. Yono currently lives in Germany with his wife and his 2.5 year old son who is being raised trilingual with English, German and H…
078: Q&A - Will mixing languages have a negative impact on young learners?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, a grandmother is worried that she will have a negative impact on her grandchildren by mixing English and Spanish.
077: Managing the presence of multiple languages in a single mind with Dr. Giuli Dussias
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Dr. Paola Giuli Dussias, a Professor and the Head of the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese at Penn State University. Dr. Dussias describ…