Growing Up with Two Languages

Fülszöveg

'Every family with two languages should have this book!'
Stephen M. Ryan, Sapientia University, Japan, writing in The Bilingualism Family Newsletter •A book like this is decades overdue.'
Naomi S. Baron, American University, Washington DC and author of Growing Up with Language
'It's wonderful that this excellent resource for multilingual families has been updated. The original edition sits on a shelf at home with other well-worn companions of my early childrearing days.'
Marina Zvetlna, Board member, ImF - Interest Group for Multilingual Families in Germany
'This book is a valuable read useful for parents and also to anyone studying children's linguistic development and emergent bilingualism.' i
Avril Brock, Senior Lecturer / Early Years Coordinator, Department of Teacher Education Bradford College, UK
The lives of many families Involve contact with more than one language and culture on a dally basis. Growing Up with Two Languages Is aimed at the many parents and... Tovább

Fülszöveg

'Every family with two languages should have this book!'
Stephen M. Ryan, Sapientia University, Japan, writing in The Bilingualism Family Newsletter •A book like this is decades overdue.'
Naomi S. Baron, American University, Washington DC and author of Growing Up with Language
'It's wonderful that this excellent resource for multilingual families has been updated. The original edition sits on a shelf at home with other well-worn companions of my early childrearing days.'
Marina Zvetlna, Board member, ImF - Interest Group for Multilingual Families in Germany
'This book is a valuable read useful for parents and also to anyone studying children's linguistic development and emergent bilingualism.' i
Avril Brock, Senior Lecturer / Early Years Coordinator, Department of Teacher Education Bradford College, UK
The lives of many families Involve contact with more than one language and culture on a dally basis. Growing Up with Two Languages Is aimed at the many parents and professionals who feel uncertain about the best way to go about helping children gain maximum benefit from the situation.
Every family's circumstances are different, but there Is a good deal that parents can do to make life with two languages easier for their children.
This best-selling guide Is Illustrated by glimpses of life from Interviews with fifty families from all around the world. The trials and rewards of life with two languages and cultures are discussed In detail, and followed by practical advice on how to support the child's linguistic development.
Features of this second edition include:
• new and updated Internet resources
• information on the specific problems facing teenagers, and guidance on how to resolve them
• new research into language acquisition
• new and updated first-hand advice and examples throughout.
Una Cunningham-Andersson is a Senior Lecturer In English language and linguistics at Dalarna University in Falun, Sweden. Staffan Andersson teaches computing. They are raising their four children to fj^ speak English and Swedish In Sweden.
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