by Nina Schwöbel | 11 Jul 2025 | Uncategorized
The third HaBilNet Colloquium took place 4-6 June, 2025, in Donostia/San Sebastián, Spain. HaBilNet Director Annick De Houwer and HaBilNet Advisory Board Member Lourdes Ortega welcomed over 70 people to discuss the colloquium's theme "Bilinguals in Context" in several plenary sessions and poster presentations. Bilingual people and settings in relation to their well-being are central to HaBilNet and its colloquia. Check out 18 posters that participants kindly sent in to be shared.
by Chia-Ying (Annie) Yang | 12 May 2025 | Uncategorized
This blog article aims to address the mental well-being of bilinguals who suffer from a lack of space for using their first language(s). It discusses how a storytelling approach to language maintenance can be beneficial for improving mental well-being and draws on data collected during the research project. The main focus of this blog article is on the procedures used in the project.
by Yoshito Darmon-Shimamori | 18 Dec 2024 | Uncategorized
When parents/carers are raising multilingual children, they often wish for their children to not only speak the home language, but also to be able to read and write it. The road towards multilingual literacy can be empowering and enriching, or frustrating and demoralizing. This article details the do's and don'ts for a harmonious multi-literacy journey that will help children confidently develop home language literacy skills while bonds between parents and children are strengthened.
by Nina Schwöbel, Annick De Houwer & Janice Nakamura | 30 Oct 2024 | Uncategorized
HaBilNet相談室では、ご両親などご家族の方々が、具体的な質問について話し合ったり、現在のご自身のバイリンガルの状況を共有したりすることができます。この記事では、相談室に最もよく寄せられる3つの質問と、それに対するHaBilNetコンサルタントの中村ジェニスとアニック・デハゥワーによるアドバイスを紹介します。
by Annick De Houwer | 27 Oct 2024 | 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 Nina Schwöbel, Annick De Houwer & Janice Nakamura | 14 Mar 2024 | Uncategorized
A HaBilNet consultation allows parents or other family members
to discuss specific questions and/or share their current situation. In this article we would like to share the three most frequently asked questions and outline the advice that HaBilNet consultants Janice Nakamura and Annick De Houwer provide in response.
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.
