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Has anyone had children who have speech delay and know whether if trying to raise them in a bilingual household makes things worse?
Also if anyone had a speech delay that in later years resolved itself?
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Speech delays in multilingual household (one parent speaking English)
londonparent321 · 04/07/2022 20:45
ExpatInSlavikLand · 31/03/2023 14:19
Mine is definitely not picking up words as fast as I'd like, but I'm sure it's because she keeps hearing two languages - it's not surprising, though, since she needs to sort out the differences between two very different languages.
My friends' (also British-Slavic couple) elder daughter also took a long time to really start to speak in either language, but she is now 8 and a confident, happy, chatty little girl and a great reader, happily devouring 'Matilda' as I type!
It just takes time.
Cuppaand2biscuits · 15/04/2023 13:27
Yes, my friend is French with a British husband they spoke in both languages to their first born but was eventually advised by health visitor to stop as it was delaying her speech.
They reintroduced a second language when she was about 5/6 years old and as a teenager she can speak fluently in both.
Cuppaand2biscuits · 15/04/2023 13:27
Yes, my friend is French with a British husband they spoke in both languages to their first born but was eventually advised by health visitor to stop as it was delaying her speech.
They reintroduced a second language when she was about 5/6 years old and as a teenager she can speak fluently in both.
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