Maria Babin's guest appearances

Maria Babin

Bilingual Kids Rock Podcast: Raising Multilingual Children, Multicultural Living, Growing Up With Multiple Languages.

Bilingual Avenue with Marianna Du Bosq

Michele Cherie

Ryan Cole

Annabelle Humanes

Becky Morales

Rita Rosenback

Ingrid Piller

Lindsay Dow

Susanna Zaraysky

Abner Solano

Amber Money

Conchi Manresa

Kimberly Scanlon

Hanna Cheda

Maritere Rodriguez Bellas

Susanne Dopke

OwlTail

On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Maria Babin.  Maria is originally from Southern California where she was raised bilingual by her Peruvian father and Mexican mother.  She developed an affinity for all things French from a very young age.  She followed that love to Brigham Young University where she studied French literature and early childhood language acquisition!  She currently lives in France with her French husband and four trilingual children. You can follow Maria’s multilingual journey on her blog atTrilingualmama.com. 

On this episode of Bilingual Avenue, I interview Maria Babin.  Maria is originally from Southern California where she was raised bilingual by her Peruvian father and Mexican mother.  She developed an affinity for all things French from a very young age.  She followed that love to Brigham Young University where she studied French literature and early childhood language acquisition!  She currently lives in France with her French husband and four trilingual children. You can follow Maria’s multilingual journey on her blog <a href="http://atTrilingualmama.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">atTrilingualmama.com</a>.

027: One family, three languages: A twist on the One Parent, One Language approach with Maria Babin

 In this episode of Bilingual Kids Rock Podcast, we talk with Maria Babin. She is the founder of Trilingual Mama. She has four trilingual kids with her French husband and they are residing in France. She graduated from Brigham Young University in Provo Utah, in 2000 with a Bachelor’s degree in French. Maria completed an undergraduate coursework early childhood language acquisition and graduated  coursework in French literature.We talk about passive bilingual learning, how her parents raised her as a bilingual and her love for the culture of France that lead to her living there. She also shared her family language portrait, the system that she uses to teach her kids how to speak Spanish, English and French.In this episode, here’s what we’ll cover:00:35 Introduction to Maria Babin – founder of  Trilingual Mama.2:45 How Maria turned active bilingual from passive bilingual4:45 Maria on being passive bilingual and why is it important5:20 Serving a mission for her Mormon church – learning Spanish again8:13 How her parents raised her as a bilingual10:30 Discussing her love for France – the attraction to the French culture and language13:58 How she came to Paris and met her French husband17:53 They have two weeks of English and then two weeks of French.23:59 Research and early learning language acquisition26:30 One parent, one language system27:47 Language confusion vs. inter-language transfer29:24 How different kids learn differently33:10 Choosing to speak different languages36:44 What does she sacrifice to be able to travel to the heritage country44:52 Having international pen pals and creating a pen pal kit49:39 Advice on bilingualism for parents Items mentioned in this Episode:Encouraging multilingual children to write in their minority language(s)Creating a pen pal kitRaising multilingual children using an adaptation of one parent, one language systemNurturing language and culture when raising a multilingual family

<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/011-maria-babin-one-parent/id818773890?i=305161974&amp;mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/bilingual-kids-rock/e/011-maria-babin-one-parent-speaks-two-languages-to-her-children-35634420" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"></a> In this episode of <a href="https://bilingualkidsrock.com/category/podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Bilingual Kids Rock Podcast</a>, we talk with Maria Babin. She is the founder of <a href="http://trilingualmama.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Trilingual Mama</a>. She has four trilingual kids with her French husband and they are residing in France. She graduated from Brigham Young University in Provo Utah, in 2000 with a Bachelor’s degree in French. Maria completed an undergraduate coursework early childhood language acquisition and graduated  coursework in French literature.We talk about passive bilingual learning, how her parents raised her as a bilingual and her love for the culture of France that lead to her living there. She also shared her family language portrait, the system that she uses to teach her kids how to speak Spanish, English and French.<h2>In this episode, here’s what we’ll cover:</h2>00:35 Introduction to Maria Babin – founder of  Trilingual Mama.2:45 How Maria turned active bilingual from passive bilingual4:45 Maria on being passive bilingual and why is it important5:20 Serving a mission for her Mormon church – learning Spanish again8:13 How her parents raised her as a bilingual10:30 Discussing her love for France – the attraction to the French culture and language13:58 How she came to Paris and met her French husband17:53 They have two weeks of English and then two weeks of French.23:59 Research and early learning language acquisition26:30 One parent, one language system27:47 Language confusion vs. inter-language transfer29:24 How different kids learn differently33:10 Choosing to speak different languages36:44 What does she sacrifice to be able to travel to the heritage country44:52 Having international pen pals and creating a pen pal kit49:39 Advice on bilingualism for parents<h2> Items mentioned in this Episode:</h2><a href="http://trilingualmama.com/2014/03/13/encouraging-multilingual-children-to-write-in-their-minority-languages/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Encouraging multilingual children to write in their minority language(s)</a><a href="http://trilingualmama.com/2013/12/27/pen-pal-kit/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Creating a pen pal kit</a><a href="http://trilingualmama.com/2014/03/17/raising-multilingual-children-using-an-adaptation-of-opol-switching-languages-every-two-weeks/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Raising multilingual children using an adaptation of one parent, one language system</a><a href="http://trilingualmama.com/2014/04/06/nurturing-language-and-culture-when-raising-a-multilingual-family/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Nurturing language and culture when raising a multilingual family</a>

011: Maria Babin | One Parent Speaks Two Languages to Her Children in a Unique And Very Effective Way