The last Kletsheads [Season 3, Episode 8]

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In this final – and therefore extra-long – episode, three parents who have previously been guests on the podcast talk about how their family’s bilingual journey has progressed since then. I look back over the...

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Bilingualism and dyslexia [Season 3, Episode 7]

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Learning to read does not come easily to all children. Some children experience serious problems with reading and spelling. They have difficulty recognising and learning letters, they mix up sounds or letters, or read very...

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The benefits of heritage language education (complementary schools) [Season 3, Episode 6]

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Many bilingual children around the world attend heritage language education. Sometimes called complementary or supplementary schools, heritage language programs or mother tongue education, these schools offer children and young people a safe space where they...

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Bilingualism and autism [Season 3, Episode 5]

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According to WHO, 1 in 100 children have autism. Whilst exact numbers can vary depending on who’s reporting them, where in the world you live, and how autism is defined, this developmental disability is certainly...

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Books about bilingual parenting [Season 3, Episode 4]

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In this episode we review two books about bilingual parenting: Bilingual success stories around the world by Adam Beck and Bilingual families. A practical language planning guide by Eowyn Crisfield. We get the parental perspective...

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Bilingualism and aging: Can you lose a language?[Season 3, Episode 3]

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If we are lucky, we will all grow old. And if we are even luckier, we will stay healthy for as long as possible. But even if we stay healthy, it is inevitable that we...

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Multiple languages, multiple identities? Bilingualism and identity [Season 3, Episode 2]

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Identity. It’s a word you often hear when talking about children growing up in a bilingual family, but what does identity really mean? To what extent can you have multiple identities, belonging to different cultures...

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Why are some bilingual children more bilingual than others? [Season 3, Episode 1]

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Why do some bilingual children end up becoming more bilingual than others? That’s the question we’re answering in this episode of Kletsheads, the first in our third season of the English-language ediition. Most children become...

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