Read more about living with more than one language
5. Dive deeper
Selected online resources and literature on topics such as 'bilingual development' and 'living as a multilingual family'.
National literacy trust: Understanding bilingualism in the early years
https://literacytrust.org.uk/resources/understanding-bilingualism-early-years/
Naldic – National Association for Language Development iIn the Curriculum/The national subject association for EAL: Supporting multi-lingual children in the early years
https://naldic.org.uk/teaching-learning/eyfs/
Family lives: Talking to your child about culture
Future learn: Language policy in the family
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/multilingual-practices/0/steps/22646
Antheme: a 5-year collaborative research project (2014 – 2019) studying multilingualism in Europe
http://www.atheme.eu/research-themes/being-multilingual/
Mutlilingual families: a European Union funded education project that supports and informs immigrant or multilingual parents how and why to raise their children multilingually
http://www.multilingual-families.eu/home
Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism: The benefits of multilingualism in the family
https://www.reading.ac.uk/celm/media/1148/b18587-celm-multilingualism-parents-final-130717.pdf
Multilingual children’s association
http://www.multilingualchildren.org/
Bilingualism matters: a centre studying bilingualism and language learning
http://www.bilingualism-matters.ppls.ed.ac.uk/
Tales at home: a project that aims to support multilingual families, helping them to create a favourable environment for language learning and wellbeing
British Council: Video tips for parents to help their child with English
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/video-tips
Mother tongues: An association that aims to raise awareness of the benefits and challenges associated with bilingualism