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Author: Claire Thomas
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 1847697143
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPrimarily aimed as a practical resource for parents, but also of interest to students and researchers because of its unique content, it includes recollections of and advice on many of the common issues or dilemmas that arise in multilingual families.
Author: Xiao-lei Wang
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2008-11-06
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 1847695671
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is based on an eleven-year observation of two children who were simultaneously exposed to three languages from birth. It tells the story of two parents from different cultural, linguistic, and ethnic-racial backgrounds who joined to raise their two children with their heritage languages outside their native countries. It also tells the children’s story and the way they negotiated three cultures and languages and developed a trilingual identity. It sheds light on how parental support contributed to the children’s simultaneous acquisition of three languages in an environment where the main input of the two heritage languages came respectively from the father and from the mother. It addresses the challenges and the unique language developmental characteristics of the two children during their trilingual acquisition process.
Author: Una Cunningham
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 041521257X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGrowing up with Two Languagesis aimed at the many parents and professionals who feel uncertain about the best ways to help children who are in contact with more than one language and culture to gain maximum benefit from the situation.
Author: Una Cunningham
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-02-19
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 1000030679
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGrowing Up with Two Languages provides a highly accessible account of the stages of language development, describes and evaluates the various systems and strategies that can be adopted and looks at the problems that can occur when a child is exposed to two languages and cultures. Combining research-informed advice and the experience of parents raising children as speakers of a wide range of languages in every populated continent in the world, this book and its associated web material will answer questions, offer tried and tested strategies to keep children speaking a minority language, and provide material to enlist the support of the extended family, teachers and others. The perspective of adults who were themselves raised speaking more than one language is included. New to this edition is a chapter focusing on families raising children as speakers of indigenous and threatened languages as well as chapters for teachers and health professionals who want to know more about multilingual child language development and how they can support parents to continue speaking their language with their children. With new and updated first-hand advice, Internet resources and examples throughout, this book also includes a chapter that introduces important recent research into multilingual children and further reading guides for those who want to know more. This book is for parents who are raising or plan to raise children as speakers of more than one language, and for the teachers and healthcare workers who meet and can support them.
Author: Naomi Baron
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
Published: 1993-10-21
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780201624809
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Rita Rosenback
Publisher: Filament Publishing Limited
Published: 2014-06-10
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9781910125243
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'Bringing up a Bilingual Child' is aimed at (existing or soon-to-be) parents in families where more than one language is spoken, as well as anyone in the extended circle of family and friend of such multilingual families, as well as for anyone coming into contact with them. The aim of the book is to help multilingual families to create a supportive environment for children in which they naturally grow up to speak more than one language. The intention is to give you an easy-to-read-and-use guide to multilingual parenting, providing motivation, ideas, advice and answers to any questions parents may have.
Author: Ana Celia Zentella
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 1997-05-28
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9781557864079
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides an inside view of the social construction of bilingualism in one of the largest and most disadvantaged Spanish-speaking groups in the United States.
Author: Peter Auer
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2008-09-25
Total Pages: 606
ISBN-13: 311019855X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume is an up-to-date, concise introduction to bilingualism and multilingualism in schools, in the workplace, and in international institutions in a globalized world. The authors use a problem-solving approach and ask broad questions about bilingualism and multilingualism in society, including the question of language acquisition versus maintenance of bilingualism. Key features: provides a state-of-the-art description of different areas in the context of multilingualism and multilingual communication presents a critical appraisal of the relevance of the field, offers solutions of everyday language-related problems international handbook with contributions from renown experts in the field
Author: Eowyn Crisfield
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2021-01-06
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 1788929365
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDoes your family or community speak more than one language? Do you wonder how to help your children successfully learn or keep those languages? Do you want your children to have the gift of bilingualism and aren’t sure where to start – or how to keep going? Every multilingual family has unique language needs. Bilingual Families is a guide for you and your family. It combines academic research with practical advice to cover the essential elements in successful bilingual and multilingual development. Use this book to: Learn about language goals – and how to set them Create a 'living' family language plan that develops and grows with your family Learn how to talk about multilingualism with your children and other key people in your children's life, like teachers and relatives Recognise when you might need further support An indispensable guide for your family’s language journey.
Author: Annick De Houwer
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2009-02-17
Total Pages: 489
ISBN-13: 1847696287
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncreasingly, children grow up hearing two languages from birth. This comprehensive textbook explains how children learn to understand and speak those languages. It brings together both established knowledge and the latest findings about different areas of bilingual language development. It also includes new analyses of previously published materials. The book describes how bilingually raised children learn to understand and use sounds, words and sentences in two languages. A recurrent theme is the large degree of variation between bilingual children. This variation in how children develop bilingually reflects the variation in their language learning environments. Positive attitudes from the people in bilingual children's language learning environments and their recognition that child bilingualism is not monolingualism-times-two are the main ingredients ensuring that children grow up to be happy and expert speakers of two languages.
