Beyond Bilingualism: 4 Tips for Raising Trilingual Children

Beyond Bilingualism: 4 Tips for Raising Trilingual Children

By Kimine Mayuzumi and Riyad A. Shahjahan As a transnational couple, for years, we’ve encountered the following question: “How do you raise trilingual kids?” Simply living a transnational and inter-linguistic marriage/relationship does not guarantee an inclusive multilingual home environment. There are moments and situations when children may question multilingualism, particularly when surrounded by monolingualism (in our case English). At times, we may question offering a multiple linguistic environment to our children as we may feel…