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
035: Adding a little mandarin to your multilingual routine with Toni Wang
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Toni Wang a mother to three trilingual children and the artist behind “A Little Mandarin,” a collection of Chinese Children’s classics which she has g…
034: How should I address my family’s concerns about our bilingual parenting choices?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I give a listener strategies on how to address her families hesitations about bringing up her son in a bilingual household. I chat about the importance of declar…
033: 4 common phenomena that children may experience when learning a second language with Dr. Alejandro Brice
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Dr. Alejandro Brice, a bilingual speech-language pathology researcher and a Professor at the University of South Florida. Dr. Brice discusses with us…
032: Q&A – Should I worry about my child picking up my non-native accent?
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I answer a listener’s question who is concerned that his son will pick up his Russian accent when speaking English. I discuss the linguistic behavior of children …
031: MAMI Talks about her bilingual parenting journey in San Diego with Dariela Cruz
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I chat with Dariela Cruz, the blogger behind MamiTalks. Dariela discusses her bilingual parenting journey including the struggles she had prior to establishing a…
030: Aesop Fables for All
On this episode of the podcast, I share a project Bilingual Avenue is putting together in support of multilingualism and multiculturalism called Aesop Fables for All. Aesop Fables for All is a colle…
029: Bringing up a bilingual child with Rita Rosenback
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Rita Rosenback, a mother to two multilingual daughters and the author of Bringing up a Bilingual Child. Rita discusses the 7 C’s parents need to navi…
028: Q&A - Synthesizing to Enhance Reading Comprehension
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I conclude the reading comprehension multiple part series discussing reading comprehension strategies. I introduce the last strategy, synthesizing and do a quick…
027: One family, three languages: A twist on the One Parent, One Language approach with Maria Babin
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Maria Babin. Maria is originally from Southern California where she was raised bilingual by her Peruvian father and Mexican mother. She developed an…
026: Q&A - Determining Importance to Enhance Reading Comprehension
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I continue the reading comprehension multiple part series discussing reading comprehension strategies. This week we focus on determining importance to understand…
025: A look at an American international school overseas with Bonnie McAuley
On this episode of the Bilingual Avenue, I interview Bonnie McAuley an elementary school teacher at an American international school and a bilingual mother. Bonnie shares her personal language journe…
024: Q&A - Inferring to Enhance Reading Comprehension
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I continue the reading comprehension multiple part series discussing reading comprehension strategies. This week we focus on how to introduce and implement infer…
023: From Monolingual to Trilingual: A family’s move to Morocco and their language journey with Amanda Mouttaki
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, Amanda Mouttaki shares how her family moved from the United States to her husband’s home country, Morocco, in order for her children to become fluent in French an…
022: Q&A - Questioning to Enhance Reading Comprehension
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I continue the reading comprehension multiple part series discussing reading comprehension strategies. This week we focus on how to leverage asking questions abo…
021: Inspiration from Florida’s Teacher of the Year with Dorina Sackman
On this episode of the Bilingual Avenue podcast, I interview Dorina Sackman, Florida’s 2014 Teacher of the Year. Dorina shares with our listeners her own family journey and her advice for bilingual …
020: Q&A - Visualizing to Enhance Reading Comprehension
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I continue the reading comprehension multiple part series discussing reading comprehension strategies. This week we focus on how to introduce visualization when …
019: A joint language learning journey: a father and his daughter learn Chinese together with Nick Jaworski
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Nick Jaworski an American blogger, international traveler and education enthusiast living in Chicago with his wife and daughter. Nick speaks exclusiv…
018: Q&A - Making Connections to Enhance Reading Comprehension
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I answer a listener’s question on how to improve his son’s reading comprehension. I describe how making connections can enhance his understanding of text. This w…
017: Actionable Tips & Strategies to Enhance Language Development with Susanne Dopke
On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Susan Dopke, a speech pathologist specializing in language acquisition, bilingualism and cross-cultural communication. Susanne shares many useful stra…
016: Q&A - Can you describe some of the more academic terms that have been used on the podcast?
On this episode of the Bilingual Avenue podcast, I describe some of the less commonly known terms that have been used on the podcast including One Parent, One Language; Minority Language at Home; L1 …