How the brain benefits from being bilingual – Infographic The brain benefits immensely from speaking two or more languages from improved cognitive skills, to developing denser grey matter,
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Raising bilingual children wherever you live
When you cannot, or choose not to, move abroad As I watched a recent episode of ‘A Place in the Sun’, ‘Home and Away’ or ‘Winter Sun’ I
Foreign language training overseas
Learn a new language Learning a foreign language becomes much easier once you have arrived in your new country. You are constantly surrounded by the new sounds and
Culture shock in children
Kids experience culture shock too On the whole, most children are more resilient to change than adults. However, culture shock can strike children in its own special way. Depending
Raising multilingual children
Multilingual children When we moved from London to Geneva four years ago, Eldest Son was 3 years-old. Although I’d been speaking to him in Italian since he was
Learning resilience from my expat American toddler: Part 2
How an expat child deals with transition In Part 1 of Learning resilience from my expat toddler, I talked about the difficult transition my daughter had when we
Learning resilience from my expat American toddler: Part 1
How an expat child deals with transition To say my two-and-a-half year old daughter’s transition from Los Angeles to Belgrade was difficult would be an understatement. I have
Top ten best languages to study
Top ten best languages to study for business Thinking ahead to the future of your expat child, these are apparently the most important and useful languages to study
Five quotes on language learning
I found these quotes about languages while surfing the ‘net and thought I’d put some here for inspiration. One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two
Local schooling overseas
Education and language immersion In July 2007 Kate moved to Switzerland with her husband and two boys who were eight and six at the time. She documented their