The Bilingual Advantage is a Blog made by Jessica Blin that contains various articles and other resources to explore regarding the bilingual language. Jessica Bin is French, Canadian, and Australian. She is also a bilingual educator at the French International School of Tokyo. Jessica has two sons. Along with her husband, they teach their sons English and French. She began the website “The Bilingual Advantage” to share her experiences with bilingualism and to guide others through that journey.
The bilingual portion of the website the following sources: “4 common mistakes parents make when raising a bilingual child,” “Are we wasting our time in language classes?,” “the importance of songs in language learning,” “So where are you from?” and “the benefits of the bilingual brain.” There are more resources than those just mentioned. If you click on “So where are you from?” you find a cartoon written in what looks like French and she translates the cartoon in English. She says” English Translation: “Where are you from? Deep breath – So I was born in Paris but I lived in Bali for 2 years and then I lived in India for 2 1/2 years. I then lived 5 years in Moscow and 3 years in Helsinki then in Sweden, I also lived in Roma and then in England… and that’s it.” She then explains how she relates to this cartoon as she feels that she is from different places. If you click on the “the benefits of the bilingual brain,” you see a TedEd video that I had discussed in another post.
This blog is unique to my guiding questions since most articles and resources are related to the advantage of the bilingual brain. If you further explore the website, there are also resources for defining bilingualism, bilingual education and tips for bilingual parents.
Blin, J. (2019). Blog. Retrieved July 11, 2019, from The bilingual advantage website: http://thebilingualadvantage.com/blog/
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