Kletsheads [English edition]

Kletsheads [English edition]


Latest Episodes

The last Kletsheads [Season 3, Episode 8]
November 15, 2023

Transcript In this final - and therefore extra-long - episode, three parents who have previously been guests on the podcast talk about how their family's bilingual journey has progressed since the

Bilingualism and dyslexia [Season 3, Episode 7]
October 16, 2023

Transcript Learning to read does not come easily to all children. Some children experience serious problems with reading and spelling. They have difficulty recognising and learning letters, they m

The benefits of heritage language education (complementary schools) [Season 3, Episode 6]
September 15, 2023

Transcript Many bilingual children around the world attend heritage language education. Sometimes called complementary or supplementary schools, heritage language programs or mother tongue educati

Bilingualism and autism [Season 3, Episode 5]
August 15, 2023

Transcript According to WHO, 1 in 100 children have autism. Whilst exact numbers can vary depending on who's reporting them, where in the world you live, and how autism is defined, this developmen

Books about bilingual parenting [Season 3, Episode 4]
July 15, 2023

Transcript In this episode we review two books about bilingual parenting: Bilingual success stories around the world by Adam Beck and Bilingual families. A practical language planning guide by Eow

Bilingualism and aging: Can you lose a language?[Season 3, Episode 3]
June 15, 2023

Transcript If we are lucky, we will all grow old. And if we are even luckier, we will stay healthy for as long as possible. But even if we stay healthy, it is inevitable that we slow down -- both

Multiple languages, multiple identities? Bilingualism and identity [Season 3, Episode 2]
May 15, 2023

Transcript Identity. It's a word you often hear when talking about children growing up in a bilingual family, but what does identity really mean? To what extent can you have multiple identities, b

Why are some bilingual children more bilingual than others? [Season 3, Episode 1]
April 15, 2023

Transcript Why do some bilingual children end up becoming more bilingual than others? That's the question we're answering in this episode of Kletsheads, the first in our third season of the Englis

Coming soon: Season 3
April 01, 2023

Kletsheads is back! Season 3 is on its way. We'll have a new episode for you on the 15th of every month from now through November, eight episodes in total. In this short trailer, I'll tell you more ab

The best of ‘Kletshead of the week’
March 15, 2023

What do bilingual children think about being bilingual? Children - from 8 to 38 years old - talk about the fun and not so fun sides of being bilingual, their favourite words, the language they use wit