http://wfbilingual.heavenforum.com/general-discussion-f1/-t1.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:51:45 GMT 10 http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/12/66/39/72/wfbglo10.jpg http://wfbilingual.heavenforum.com/general-discussion-f1/-t1.htm http://wfbilingual.heavenforum.com/general-discussion-f1/off-to-oxfordshire-european-school-t4.htm Christine Hi all, This week we are moving to Oxfordshire, near Abingdon, as Sophie has got a place in the French section at the Culham European School, starting in September. We have found a very nice house very near the School, which we will be sharing with a friend and her son, who also attends the School. I will commute to London once or twice a week for work, working from home the rest of the time. It's all very exciting, and rather nerve wracking: will I manage to pack everything on time for ... General Discussion Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:31:56 GMT http://wfbilingual.heavenforum.com/general-discussion-f1/off-to-oxfordshire-european-school-t4.htm#7 http://wfbilingual.heavenforum.com/general-discussion-f1/off-to-oxfordshire-european-school-t4.htm http://wfbilingual.heavenforum.com/general-discussion-f1/european-day-of-languages-t5.htm Karin Celebrated for the first time in 2001, 26 September is "The European Day of Languages" organised and co-ordinated by the Council of Europe. Check out their website set up by the European Centre for Modern Languages in co-operation with the Language Policy Division: http://www.ecml.at/edl/ Europe is rich in languages - there are over 200 European languages and many more spoken by citizens whose family origin is from other continents. This is an important resource to be recognised, ... General Discussion Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:51:45 GMT http://wfbilingual.heavenforum.com/general-discussion-f1/european-day-of-languages-t5.htm#11 http://wfbilingual.heavenforum.com/general-discussion-f1/european-day-of-languages-t5.htm http://wfbilingual.heavenforum.com/general-discussion-f1/children-growing-up-t2.htm Ricky Lowes My son is 7 and is 'bilingual'. Perhaps I should explain why I use inverted commas: although he has always spoken two languages, (English and Kurdish) his ability in Kurdish seems to be less, rather than more as the years pass. He speaks less well than he did when he was younger. He is forgetting vocabulary, and the gap between the two languages gets progressively wider and wider. He has a sophisticated command of English for his age and he is frustrated with his clumsy expression in Kurdish. ... General Discussion Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:55:15 GMT http://wfbilingual.heavenforum.com/general-discussion-f1/children-growing-up-t2.htm#2 http://wfbilingual.heavenforum.com/general-discussion-f1/children-growing-up-t2.htm