Episode 23 welcomes Olena to our Unscripted family. Olena is originally from the Ukraine but has been living in the United States for the past 8+ years. She is the proud mother of four children who have been her inspiration in creating (along with her husband) Bilingual Kids Rock, a blog and podcast devoted to the delicate task of raising bilingual children.

In our conversation today, Olena tells us about how she originally came to America, her cultural impressions of life in the USA and the origination of her blog and podcast. As well, she shares her own language learning journey and the new motivations she found for learning English in life.

If you’re currently raising a child in a multicultural family, or have plans to raise your child bilingually, you will definitely get some great ideas to take home today. We explore so many helpful hints/strategies for accomplishing these goals more effectively.

For links to all of the resources Olena suggests in our chat, including her own website full of user-friendly, informative articles on bilingualism, head to www.eslunscripted.com/blog and choose episode 23. And if there’s any language presented here that is just out of reach, you can leave us a question there as well.

Enjoy the show!