Paula Vergunst authored the following article for the Amsterdam Mamas website. To view this article in its entirety, click here.
As an expat parent, you likely have done some thinking or research
on the hot topic of bilingualism and how this can affect your child’s language
development. Typically, expat children grow up to be fluent communicators in
both their parent’s native language(s) and the language(s) of the land they
currently live in. Bilingualism/multilingualism can be such a unique asset for
expat kids, as they seem to effortlessly learn what it takes others years of
education to achieve in our increasingly globalized world!
However, what does bilingualism mean for a child who has suspected
or diagnosed developmental delays? Let’s first discuss how a general
developmental delay might present itself in a child, and what (expat) parents
can do about it here in the Netherlands. We will then proceed to discuss bilingualism
and language delay more specifically.
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