March 22, 2023
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March 27 is the International Day of Multilingualism. We love how families at ISB prove that #MultilingualIsNormal! How will you celebrate this occasion? Don’t forget to join us for the Raising Multilinguals “How?” parent workshop on March 28, 7:45-9:15 a.m. … Continue reading
June 16, 2022
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The vacation between school years is an opportunity to practice languages . . . by visiting home countries, reading books for pleasure, speaking with loved ones, and more. How will your family “tug on” languages during ISB’s upcoming vacation?
June 11, 2021
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Join the ISB Main Library’s Summer Reading Challenge 2021, and read in ANY language! Students, staff and families can find the steps for this reading challenge (and the awards!) and sign up here. Happy summer reading in ANY language!
December 3, 2020
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Here are four resources shared at the recent Raising Multilinguals: How? parent workshop, which may help parents of multilingual children. (Click to enlarge!) The Native Language @ ISB blog lists several websites useful for parents of multilinguals. See the Bookmarks (at … Continue reading
May 2, 2020
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Panthers Pounce is a school-wide May reading challenge where everyone—students, staff, and families—can join the fun in ANY language! To participate, read in any/all of your languages during May and log your reading time here. (Choose the Students or Adults box … Continue reading
April 30, 2020
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Need some screen-free fun (and listening practice)? Children’s audiobooks in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Japanese are available free at Audible Stories: Discover during COVID-19. Options range from novels to storybooks like Der kleine Siebenschläfer (The Little Dormouse) by … Continue reading
April 20, 2020
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Multilingual families sometimes worry about language mixing. Is it a problem? Dr. Shana Poplack, founding director of the Sociolinguistics Laboratory at the University of Ottawa, suggests not. In a fascinating article for the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, … Continue reading
March 27, 2020
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ISB Multilingual Learning at Home, a blog post to accompany the above video. March 27, 2020, is the second International Day of Multilingualism. On this date—chosen because March 27, 196 BC, is the date on the famously multilingual Rosetta Stone—we … Continue reading
March 8, 2020
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Discussing academic concepts in all of students’ languages is a great way to deepen their learning at ISB. During the weeks of March 9-13 and 16-20 [March 17 update: international schools are closed until further notice], students will engage in … Continue reading
January 24, 2020
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Spring couplets, paper cutting for window decorations, stick games, FOOD…these are just a few ways ISB’s Mandarin, Korean and Vietnamese speakers are celebrating Lunar New Year, January 25, 2020. Lunar New Year also provides opportunities for conversation. When does our … Continue reading