Bilingual Families

Author: Eowyn Crisfield
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 1788929365
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
Does 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.

Language Strategies for Bilingual Families

Author: Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 9781853597145
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 246

Book Description
This book looks at how families can support and increase bilingualism through planned strategies. One such strategy is the one person-one language approach, where each parent speaks his or her language. Over a hundred families from around the world were questioned and thirty families were interviewed in-depth about how they pass on their language in bilingual or trilingual families.

Bilingual Siblings

Author: Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 1847694926
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
How do bilingual brothers and sisters talk to each other? Sibling language use is an uncharted area in studies of bilingualism. From a perspective of independent researcher and parent of three bilingual children Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert discusses the issues of a growing bilingual or multilingual family. What happens when there are two or more children at different stages of language development? Do all the siblings speak the same languages? Which language(s) do the siblings prefer to speak together? Could one child refuse to speak one language while another child is fluently bilingual? How do the factors of birth order, personality or family size interact in language production? With data from over 100 international families this book investigates the reality of family life with two or more children and languages.

Growing Up with Two Languages

Author: Una Cunningham
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 041521257X
Category : Bilingualism in children
Languages : en
Pages : 168

Book Description
Growing 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.

Be Bilingual - Practical Ideas for Multilingual Families

Author: Annika Bourgogne
Publisher: Annika Bourgogne
ISBN: 9789526803708
Category : Bilingualism in children
Languages : en
Pages : 184

Book Description
Written in a lively, engaging style, with lots of activities and resources for parents and teachers, "Bilingual By Choice" tells how to raise children bilingually and keep them that way into adulthood.

The Bilingual Family

Author: Edith Esch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521808620
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
An up-to-date, accessible guide for parents of bilingual children.

Handbook of Home Language Maintenance and Development

Author: Andrea C. Schalley
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 150151007X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 516

Book Description
Even a cursory look at conference programs and proceedings reveals a burgeoning interest in the field of social and affective factors in home language maintenance and development. To date, however, research on this topic has been published in piecemeal fashion, subsumed under the more general umbrella of ‘bilingualism’. Within bilingualism research, there has been an extensive exploration of linguistic and psycholinguistic perspectives on the one hand, and educational practices and outcomes on the other. In comparison, social and affective factors – which lead people to either maintain or shift the language – have been under-researched. This is the first volume that brings together the different strands in research on social and affective factors in home language maintenance and development, ranging from the micro-level (family language policies and practices), to the meso-level (community initiatives) and the macro-level (mainstream educational policies and their implementation). The volume showcases a wide distribution across contexts and populations explored. Contributors from around the world represent different research paradigms and perspectives, providing a rounded overview of the state-of-the-art in this flourishing field.

Language Strategies for Bilingual Families

Author: Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 1847695752
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 246

Book Description
Lots of new parents these days have the opportunity to bring up their child with two or more languages because of increasing job mobility and the global community. The benefits of bilingualism and biculturalism such as higher cognitive skills, an awareness of language and sensitivity to other cultures, are being increasingly recognised. However many parents don’t know how to start, what methods to use or where to seek help when facing problems. Now Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert, a mother of three trilingual children, teacher and linguist who has lived and worked all over the world, has written a book which provides an inspiring approach to passing on two or more languages to your children. In Language Strategies for Bilingual Families she considers several methods of bilingualism and focuses on the one-person one-language approach, in which each parent speaks his or her native language and is responsible for passing on his or her culture. Suzanne questioned over a hundred bilingual families about their experiences and she interviewed thirty families in depth. The results of her study are linked to current academic research, but the book is both readable and relevant to non-academics and provides fascinating insights into being a multilingual family. It will prove an exciting and stimulating read for potential and current mixed-language families.

A Parents' and Teachers' Guide to Bilingualism

Author: Colin Baker
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 1783091606
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 283

Book Description
In this accessible guide to bilingualism in the family and the classroom, Colin Baker delivers a realistic picture of the joys and difficulties of raising bilingual children. This revised edition includes more information on bilingualism in the digital age, and incorporates the latest research in areas such as neonatal language experience, multilingualism and language mixing.

Become a Bilingual Family

Author: Daniela Perieda
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692753798
Category : Bilingualism in children
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
This book will show you why YOU are the best language teacher for your child, even if you only speak one language and HOW to start using the target language at home. The best part is that you will be able to implement this method to your daily routine with only 5 minutes per day! Inside you'll find: - Tips on strengthening your relationship with your child because relationships are the foundation for second language acquisition - The stages of your language learning journey Strategies to help your child during each stage Useful *Spanish phrases and vocabulary to use during daily interactions with audio. *Our method and strategies can apply to learning any language - An actionable roadmap for your language learning journey