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The challenge of becoming a bilingual family

The Tassini family

Our segment "Bilingui in erba" today meets a family of four who successfully master both Italian and English.

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Published 14 July 2018 10:30am

Updated 14 July 2018 10:40am

By Carlo Oreglia

Source: SBS

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Our segment "Bilingui in erba" today meets a family of four who successfully master both Italian and English.

Federica is Italian and her husband Alex, Australian, but he speaks Italian fluently. Their children Isabella and Max are successfully bilingual.

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