Episode 24: Following a job to Belgium
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University professor, Jöelle Muhlemann, recently moved with her two adolescent sons and husband to Belgium from the United States. Her children were already trilingual, speaking French, English and Swiss German, and Jöelle talks to us about what the process of adapting to life in Belgium and learning Flemish has been like for her family. She shares some wonderful advice for anyone considering taking the big step of immigrating and helping children adapt to life in a new language and culture.
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