Are We Doing This Right? Raising Bilingual/ Multilingual Children in Japan

In this episode, I explore what research really says about raising bilingual and multilingual children and how it compares to our own experience raising a German-Japanese child in Japan. We talk about common myths, language dominance, daycare, a third language, and why language development is often less about exposure and more about relationships, interaction, and everyday life.

Key learnings in this episode:

• Why children are fully capable of learning multiple languages from an early age
• The difference between language exposure and real interaction
• How language dominance can shift depending on environment and input
• What our experience in Japan taught us about daycare and bilingual development
• Practical language options for families raising children in Japan

Host: Tamara

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