I have been working with multilingual children for more than 20 years.
Educating plurilingual children
You are in the right place, if
- you are concerned about the language development of your multilingual child.
- you are afraid that your child's multilingualism will generate conflicts in their family relationships.
- you feel that your child’s multilingualism is harming their progress at school.
- you want to collaborate better with your child's school.
- you want your child to achieve better academic results.
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Plurilingualism is an advantage
Linguistic competence influences the learning of other subjects and increases self-esteem. Plurilingual children need a well formed early environment to become confident adults.
Although the quality of the school your child attends and the competence of its teachers are very important for your child's development, the importance of the role parents play must not be overlooked. When it comes to multilingual children, this becomes even more relevant, since parents need to properly support their multilingual child in his or her language development and to maintain a good relationship with their child’s school.
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About me
My whole life has been determined by multilingualism. I was born in a multicultural region a few kilometres from three borders with three different countries. I wrote my first thesis at the ELTE Faculty of Comparative Literature in Budapest about Ödön von Horváth, a multilingual author. Furthermore, when I moved to Barcelona for family reasons, I found myself faced with a new challenge: working at The German School in Barcelona.
Zita Mate
I help parents who want to learn how to support their multilingual child more effectively.
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Testimonials
Our family is quite complicated in terms of the spoken languages and after several relocation into different countries and the arrival of a new school language, became inevitable to involve a professional in our decision making process (and also to avoid some conflicts in the family). Human destinies can depend on how we approach language issues during childhood. Zita has a professional objective view, prioritizing the child's best interest but also taking into account the specific situation of the family. She was also a positive surprise as a person.
Tibor J. M.I warmly recommend her to every parent dealing with the 'Tower of Babel" problem in their family.
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