Episode 9: Family language policy in a trilingual household.
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In this episode we interview Dr. Zsuzsanna Fagyal, a Hungarian mom who decided to raise her children trilingual with her French spouse while living in the US. Zsuzsanna tells us about how she and her spouse decided on a family language policy to optimize trilingual language acquisition for her children, who are now adults. She argues that is is important to be flexible with your children's language use choices, but that it is necessary to remind them that if they do not use them they will loose them. If you are raising your kids trilingual this episode is a must!
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