In this month of January, in around thirty schools in Paris, Lyon and Bordeaux, the language workshops, created ten years ago by Elyette Joubert, former teacher and vice-president of the School for European Grandparents ( EGPE), are back in service, in the classes of small, medium and large sections of kindergarten, after a long interruption […]
The cross : How does a child become bilingual? Ranka Bijeljac-Babic: A child becomes bilingual because he is imbued with two languages in his daily environment. There are several scenarios: parents can speak the same language or each speak a different language. The child can learn one language at home and another outside. However, not […]
“I want him to understand his mother’s roots” Jean-Baptiste, 39 years old “I knew my future partner in high school. Of Spanish origin, Cécilia arrived in France at the age of 9. When our first child was born, everything happened naturally. It made sense that we were going to speak to him in both languages. […]