Editor-in-chief of the Palme school, a specialist in child development. I write expert articles on bilingualism, adaptation to two cultures, and early learning.
Online Russian language lessons for children seem like a simple solution: open a website, pay, and the child «attends Russian» from home. But from...
When a child lives abroad, the question «How is his Russian?» is asked particularly often by relatives, teachers, and even in...
Many parents of bilingual children worry about accent: their child speaks Russian «not quite like us,» drags out intonations, «swallows» sounds, or sounds slightly foreign...
Russian as a Foreign Language (RKI) is not about «knowing the language worse,» but about a different path to Russian for a child who...
For children growing up outside of Russia, their understanding of «Russian» is primarily shaped by what happens within their family.
Sometimes a child understands Russian perfectly, says things, but at the same time whispers: «I'm not a real Russian,» «I have a terrible accent,» «I..."
Poems are not a school duty. They are one of the most natural ways for language to enter a child's memory and stay there...
Three months without practice and the vocabulary that was built up all year is starting to melt away. But summer can be built differently. Why summer…
When the snow melts in North America and the first green emerges, children once again start living outdoors. It's a good time to...
How does it happen that people try to speak Russian at home, but only hear English in response? Sometimes it looks very familiar...
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