In 1996 the Spanish socialist government decided it was time to lay the foundations in order to build the next generation of multilingual children. The reason why I say multilingual and not bilingual is that in Spain not only is Castellano spoken but there are four other languages including Valenciano, Gallego, Euskera and Catalan. El… Read More
Did you know that 43% of the world’s population is bilingual, 13% are trilingual, and 40% of the worlds is population is estimated to be monolingual? There are 11 indigenous languages spoken throughout the British Isles including Welsh, English, Scots, Irish Cornish and Scottish Gaelic to name but a few. There over 100 different languages… Read More
I was brought up in a bilingual home from birth. My native language is English, but my mother tongue is Bengali. I was born in England in the 1960s to Bangladeshi speaking parents. My parents spoke Bengali to each other but made a conscious decision to speak a mixture of English and Bengali to me… Read More
The Internet is a space of unhampered free expression, yet the greater part of that expression is in a form of impolite talk. Some people use the accessibility and secrecy of the online world to retch disdainful messages. Among them would be the trolls and the cyber bullies. While the refinement between the two… Read More
Education is never far from the attention of the media and we are constantly being told that grades are dropping, students aren’t performing as well as their international counter-parts, and that we need to do more. The question as to whether or not more grammar schools are about to appear has also caused a sense… Read More
The internet has opened up a whole new world for us as a society. Like it or not our children manage the internet far better than we grown-ups do, so that means that it is important to be mindful of the sites that your child is visiting. The internet and mobile technology are also amazing… Read More
Does attending a top university guarantee you a job when you graduate? Take a closer look at the question and ask yourself if you went to a top/leading university in the United Kingdom or the United States, would you say, you have a chance of getting a job faster and stress-free than other individuals? To… Read More
Popular Children Can Be More Likely To Experience Problems As Adults Being the “cool kid” might seem ideal at school but it can land you in difficulties later on in life, according to a new study. The work, “Whatever Happened to the Cool Kids?”, was published in the journal Child Development by researchers at the… Read More
Asian Mum’s Network interviewed Shweta Aggarwal children’s author of Dev and Ollie. This is a magical tale of kite crazy Dev and his owl Ollie. Vibrant, colourful and informative, this beautifully illustrated book can be enjoyed not only by children but also adults and is available on Amazon: Dev and Ollie: Kite Crazy! “Dev, a… Read More
“Huge study suggests first-borns are that little bit smarter” Sibling rivalry can be a scourge for many families. But now new research has poured fuel on the fire by revealing that older siblings have higher IQs. However, whilst first-borns are technically smarter – they aren’t ahead by much. The study found that whilst older siblings have… Read More
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