What language should we speak first with our child?

What language should we speak first with our child? This is a question many parents who speak several languages themselves, wonder about.

In this video you can find out what you should consider, what questions you should find answers for, when making this choice. I talk about language preferences and fluency, proficiency, which can change and shift over time.

0:00 Introduction
1:25 List of questions to answer to find out which language to choose as the main/primary language to use with your children (in one on one situations)
3:48 Determine the main language, the primary language to speak with your child
4:00 Why this language needs to be the "right" one
4:45 The first/ main language we speak with our children plays a very important role in our life (for several reasons)
5:28 Are you multilingual yourself? Find out how to transmit more than one language to our children starting from a certain age
6:21 Find out more in my self paced online course for parents of 0-4 year old children



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