This is the recipe for a multilingual family that I share with some parents I work with. It is a fun way to explain the hard work we are doing!
Embrace every single step and enjoy the process!
- At what step are you at the moment?
- What are you finding particularly difficult or exciting?
Please let me know in the comments.
If you want to know how to successfully raise your children with multiple languages, have a look at my self paced online course for parents of 0 to 4, or 4 to 10 year old children.
Ute Limacher-Riebold
Ute Limacher-Riebold, PhD, is the founder of Multilingual-Families.com and Owner of Ute’s International Lounge & Academy.
She empowers internationals to maintain their languages and cultures effectively while embracing new ones whilst living “abroad”.
She grew up with multiple languages, holds a PhD in Romance Studies and has worked as an Assistant Professor at the University of Zurich (Department of Italian Historical Linguistics). She taught Italian historical linguistics, researched Italian dialects and minority languages, and contributed to and led various academic projects.
Driven by her passion for successful language development and maintenance, and personal experiences with language shifts, Ute supports multilingual families worldwide in nurturing their languages and cultural identities in the most effective and healthy way.
