a question about multilingual babies

[Tamar & Yves]

Hello all,
Our 10 months old son is exposed to 3 languages at home ( each one of
us is speaking to him his mother- tongue, and we speak English between
us) and to a 4th one outside.


Soon he will be starting Nursery, and we were wondering what language
it should be in. Is it better to expose him simultaneously to all 4
languages or should we do it gradually over the first few years of his
life (It's possible to sign him up to a nursery in my husnband's
mother tongue (2)/ english (3)/ bi lingual (enviroment+English)(4))


We don't want language acquisition to be too much of a burden on him,
and not sure how many languages he can learn at once.


We are aware of the large number of factors affecting the answer, but
does anyone know or refer us to research done on the specific issues
of (i) number of languages babies can learn and its implication on
their emotional state; and (ii) Is it better to expose a baby to those
languages simultaneously or gradually over the first few years of his
life.

Thanks,
Tamar & Yves

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