Encouraging Active Bilingualism (Language Development)

[@sierra6649]

This is such a helpful video. My partner and I speak German as an L2 and are using it as an L2 for our daughter in Australia. These strategies are very helpful for us. Thanks for the shout outs to trilingual issues, too. We have been having a tough time bringing in Spanish 😊

[@Peru-fc3bi]

I speak Irish with my daughter 99% of the time. She answers in English probably 95% of the time. I repeat her questions in Irish back to her. She just responds again in English. She doesn't like repeating things I say in Irish. She doesn't like children's songs in Irish. Only wants Disney songs she sings with my wife. She understands almost everything I say in Irish. We watch tv in Irish. I read books in Irish every single day to her. She's 3. It's looking like she'll be a passive bilingual. She'll attend a local Irish immersion primary school at 5. However many of the teachers do not have great Irish (especially phonologically).

[@Peru-fc3bi]

My wife doesn't speak Irish so it's OPOL method. None of our relatives living in our part of the country speak Irish.