Speaking in Tongues radio series
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Bringing up children in a multilingual family

Are your children going to bi- or tri-lingual because you and your partner have different mother-tongues...?

Andrew Henley talks to five native English-speaking parents with non-native English-speaking partners about bringing up children in Barcelona and the effect it has on their children's English.

Listen to the series

"Speaking in Tongues" is a series of short English-language radio programmes, produced and recorded by IH Barcelona. The 25-programme series is broadcast on Saturday mornings by Radio Free Barcelona on 107.7 FM.

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About the series

The series discusses a range of different topics relating to language, language learning and language teaching.

The programme is intended for a general public, but will of course be of special interest to language teachers and students.