by Annick De Houwer & Mareen Pascall | 28 Jun 2023 | Uncategorized
This article is part of a series by HaBilNet, the Harmonious Bilingualism Network. It considers research results about young children's bilingual language development and discusses how these results can be applied in early childhood education and care so that all children may benefit from harmonious bilingual development.
by Till Woerfel | 7 Mar 2023 | Uncategorized
In education, language competencies are undoubtedly key. However, multilingualism is repeatedly and erroneously cited as a risk factor for educational achievement.
In a "Fact check", Dr. Till Woerfel therefore attempted to compare established international research with current scientific findings from German-speaking countries in order to answer the most frequently and controversially discussed questions on this topic.
by Mihaela Gazioglu & Jayoung Choi | 15 Feb 2023 | Uncategorized
Multilingual families face a language management dilemma when attempting to cultivate and support trilingualism in monolingual societies. The maintenance and development of heritage languages (HLs) for trilingual children is daunting compared to bilingual families. However, there are ways to prevent and overcome language maintenance challenges and raise trilingual children in monolingual societies.
by Theresa Bloder | 14 Oct 2022 | Uncategorized, Uncategorized
Read an interview with supporting HaBilNet member Dr. He Sun on how bilingual children's socio-emotional wellbeing can be supported in the home and school contexts.
by Nina Schwöbel | 4 Aug 2022 | Uncategorized
This is Part II of the Blog post about HaBilNet's second Colloquium which was held in May (2022) in Frankfurt, Germany. 55 participants from around the world had a great time and found the colloquium truly inspiring. Here, you can read all about the posters which early career professionals showed at the colloquium.
by Nina Schwöbel | 4 Aug 2022 | Uncategorized
This past May (2022) HaBilNet organized its second Colloquium in Frankfurt, Germany. The 55 participants from around the world had a great time and found the colloquium truly inspiring. Read all about it in our blog article, divided into two parts: this first one about the colloquium as a whole.
by Mareen Pascall | 4 Jan 2022 | Uncategorized
This article is part of a series by HaBilNet, the Harmonious Bilingualism Network.
It considers research results about young children's bilingual language development and discusses how these results can be applied in early childhood education and care so that all children may benefit from harmonious bilingual development.
by Mareen Pascall | 10 Jun 2021 | Uncategorized
The projects of the Book Pirates aim at enabling children and young people to experience literature creatively and independently. One of their numerous projects is about bilingual picture books written by children and for children.
by Marc | 28 May 2021 | Uncategorized
HaBilNet promotes and carries out research on harmonious bilingual development. HaBilNet helps families to develop bilingualism in harmonious ways.
by Nina Schwöbel | 27 May 2021 | Uncategorized
HaBilNet offers a consultation service to families who have questions or doubts about their bilingual journey or just need someone with expertise in this field to talk things through. If you wonder what a consultation might look like, get to know the team and read some feedback we've received in this blog post.