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Author: Julia D. Barnes
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9781853598548
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book describes how a trilingual child in the Basque Country, where Spanish and Basque are the languages of the community, is able to successfully acquire English at home through interaction with her mother. It focuses on her acquisition of the form and function of English questions.
Author: Jasone Cenoz
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2000-01-01
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781853594793
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book emerges as a response to the increasing use of English as a lingua franca in the multilingual European context. It provides an up-to-date overview of the sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic and educational aspects of research on third language acquisition by focusing on English as a third language.
Author: Sarah Chevalier
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Published: 2015-10-15
Total Pages: 237
ISBN-13: 902726788X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the language development of two children from the ages of two till four, who are growing up exposed to English, Swiss German and French. Its aim is to ascertain the importance of different environmental factors in fostering active trilingualism. These factors include the quantity of input for each language, whether or not the societal language is spoken in the home, and the conversational style of the caregivers. Although increasing numbers of children are being raised trilingually, research in this field is scarce; this study thus makes an important contribution to our knowledge of trilingual language acquisition. A special point of interest lies in a comparison of the acquisition of two minority languages by a single child, since this allows us to pinpoint more precisely how the development of non-societal languages can be influenced. This book will be of considerable interest to researchers and students working on multilingualism and language acquisition alike.
Author: Colin Baker
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2006-01-01
Total Pages: 505
ISBN-13: 185359864X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten as an introductory text from a crossdisciplinary perspective, this book covers individual and societal concepts in minority and majority languages.
Author: Jürgen M. Meisel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-06-27
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 1107181364
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis practical and reassuring guide will enable readers to make informed decisions about how to raise their child bilingually.
Author: Andreas Braun
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2014-02-03
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 1783091177
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book aims to enable parents in trilingual families to consider possible language strategies on the basis of analysing their individual circumstances. It includes a tool for diagnostic self-analysis that will help each reader to identify their situation and learn how parents in similar situations have approached the task of supporting their children’s use of languages. Based on a unique survey of parents in trilingual families in two European countries, the book highlights the challenges that trilingual families face when living in mainly monolingual societies. It takes into account the recent emergence of a 'New Trilingualism' among educated parents who find themselves in trilingual families because of global trends in migration and the recent expansion of the EU.
Author: Carmen Pérez Vidal
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 184769022X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the main issues in bilingual and multilingual language acquisition through children and youngsters growing up in todays multicultural Spain, where four official languages and other new languages are used. The studies cover phonetics, g
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: Charlotte Hoffmann
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781853596926
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCountries in Africa, America, Asia and Europe provide the sociolinguistic contexts described in this volume. They involve settings where three or more languages are spoken and where speakers are trilingual. With the focus on family, school and the wider community, the book illustrates personal, social, cultural and political factors contributing to the acquisition and maintenance of trilingualism and highlights a rich pattern of trilingual language use.
Author: Sandie Mourão
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-11-20
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 1134507801
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe age for early language learning has dropped dramatically in the past decade to include children under 6 years old, yet very little published research exists to support the implementation of such programmes. Drawing on a synthesis of theory, research and practice, this edited volume makes an innovative contribution to literature concerning language education for very young children. It explores language learning in a wide range of geographical contexts with reference to second and foreign language learning, bilingualism and plurilingualism with children under the age of 6 years old. Chapters present discussion around teacher education, policy-making, international case studies, school and home-based projects, code switching and language use, and methodologies and approaches. Early Years Second Language Education: International perspectives on theory and practice will be essential reading for researchers, academics, teacher trainers, and post-graduate students in the fields of early years education, foreign and second language education, language didactics and teacher education.
