tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601617353996499259.post1993350808140296365..comments2023-10-20T06:18:33.320-07:00Comments on Living Italy: Raising Bilingual Children in ItalyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09705091211577660103noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601617353996499259.post-81356486251322666892009-05-27T02:38:22.699-07:002009-05-27T02:38:22.699-07:00Hi!
Just happened upon your blog. I'm a Canadian l...Hi!<br />Just happened upon your blog. I'm a Canadian living near Milan, married to an Italian and have two small children under the age of 5. My husband and I have always spoken English together so that's the main household language. His English is quite good now. I told him to speak whatever language he felt most comfortable in with the kids and while he mostly uses Italian, he sometimes slips milanesemasalahttp://milanesemasala.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601617353996499259.post-80434851520317658452009-01-25T08:57:00.000-08:002009-01-25T08:57:00.000-08:00Letizia, Thank you for your comment and I most cer...Letizia, <BR/>Thank you for your comment and I most certainly will follow your blog. It is always a challenge especially since I find myself always speaking more and more Italian with my children. I instantly after saying something have this feeling of guilt and then repeat it sometimes in English. I don't want to harass my children with it always remindning them to speak English especially when Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09705091211577660103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601617353996499259.post-5841247627623371702009-01-24T15:44:00.000-08:002009-01-24T15:44:00.000-08:00Lucia, all,as I decided to raise my child bilingua...Lucia, all,<BR/><BR/>as I decided to raise my child bilingual in Italy I felt plenty lonely. So I started organizing playgroups and created a blog on bilingualism in italian, meant to reach all bilingual families living in Italy , whatever their first, or second, language might be, as well as all italian bilingual families, wherever they live. It's called Bilingue per Gioco: http://Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601617353996499259.post-85893176804062363282009-01-18T20:28:00.000-08:002009-01-18T20:28:00.000-08:00hi Lucia,Accents are tough, I would think that the...hi Lucia,<BR/>Accents are tough, I would think that the more one is exposed to another language and at what level they are exposed it to would determine how strong or how long they hold on to that accent. Your parents I assume speak English with an accent? Are you told that your Italian is spoken with an American accent? Since my son spent most of his time with me he spoke in Italian when he Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601617353996499259.post-85963691815619941582009-01-17T01:22:00.000-08:002009-01-17T01:22:00.000-08:00Cristina, I am going through the same thing you ar...Cristina, <BR/>I am going through the same thing you are only vice versa. My child in preschool is speaking always more Italian to me but like I said in the last comment, I repeat what he says in English and then he repeats it in English. <BR/>Although I only spend the summers in the USA, I usually put him in some kind of class, or summer school or gym or swimming so he can be with other AmericanAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09705091211577660103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601617353996499259.post-23213297896869506892009-01-17T01:19:00.000-08:002009-01-17T01:19:00.000-08:00James,I agree with you. It is so important they th...James,<BR/>I agree with you. It is so important they that learn English, that I am doing all in my power to keep it alive in my household. We watch dvd's only in English and I really try to speak only English to them both. When my eldest speaks in Italian, I repeat what he says in English. I never reprimand. He then will repeat it automatically in English. I don't want to make a power trip out ofAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09705091211577660103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601617353996499259.post-42410514120012352382009-01-16T17:30:00.000-08:002009-01-16T17:30:00.000-08:00It is no easy task raising children to be not only...It is no easy task raising children to be not only bilingual but also bi-literate. Since my child started preschool he has been answering me mostly in English which is so heart breaking for me. We are only with my family every few months and outside of us and our Italian speaking friends, he speaks English. He has even begun addressing our youngest in English when not too long ago it was only Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601617353996499259.post-43466922788481321622009-01-16T04:51:00.000-08:002009-01-16T04:51:00.000-08:00We've two teenage kids, both girls. Living in Ital...We've two teenage kids, both girls. Living in Italy there was no doubt they'd be swimming in Italian. My natural fear was that they'd be drowning in English. However, throughout, I only spoke English to them. I wouldn't even respond if they talked to me in Italian. It was hard going at times but I'm pleased, as they are, with the outcome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com