Habláme Bebé: A Chat with Dr. Melissa Baralt

We know that giving bilingual children exposure in the minority language is crucial for their language development, but for some parents speaking their heritage language to their children in an English-dominant society is challenging. In this episode, we speak to Dr. Melissa Baralt , an associate professor of applied psycholinguistics at Florida International University, and the creator of Háblame Bebé , an app aimed at helping Hispanic families foster language development in their children. Dr. Melissa Baralt Through the app and her research work, Dr. Baralt has focused on empowering parents to pass on their heritage language to their children and to develop a positive socio-linguistic identity. Mentioned in this Episode Háblame Bebé Bridging the Word Gap Challenge , Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Language Nutrition , Talk With Me Baby Join the Entre Dos Facebook community to share your experiences, questions, and discoveries with us and other parents raising bilingual kids.

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Habláme Bebé: A Chat with Dr. Melissa Baralt is an episode from Entre Dos Podcast by Entre Dos Podcast.

This episode is 23:04 long.

This episode was published on Sep 24, 2019.

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