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Raising Multilingual Children Foreign Language Acquisition and Children
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Book Code: H750
ISBN: 0-89789-750-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-89789-750-1
240 pages, charts, tables, graphs
Bergin & Garvey
Publication: 10/30/2000
List Price: $76.95 (UK Sterling Price: £44.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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  • Endorsement From Terry A. Osborn
    Co-director, Foreign Language Education
    Department of Secondary Education and Youth Services
    Queens College, City University of New York:
    Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa has provided parents and caregivers an engaging encounter with the complex, but laudable enterprise of facilitating language acquisition in children. This text is an exciting addition to the library of homes raising children equipped to live in our multicultural world.
  • Endorsement From Marlene Hall-Amsler
    Translator:
    This book, whilst entertaining to read, is not just another opinion on the subject. It provides a comprehensive guideline backed up with scientifically proven data, yet leaving plenty of room for individual development.
  • Endorsement From Cristina Allemann-Ghionda
    Professor of Education
    University of Cologne, Germany:
    Raising Multilingual Children is a brilliantly written introduction to the possibilities of promoting children's language skills in the family, especially in multilingual settings. This book can be warmly recommended as being one of the rare examples of concrete, well-structured help for parents, teachers, and caregivers who are facing the challenge of encouraging bilingual and multilingual development `in real life.' It is particularly valuable and convincing because it blends sound knowledge about the psychological, linguistic, and social dimensions of language learning, reflexive personal experience, with a refreshing and enthusiastic approach to the issues. All this is presented in a witty style, so mouth-watering that hardly any reader will resist trying out the concept.
  • Endorsement From Beatte Broadhurst
    Teacher:
    Having myself raised three children in a polyglot situation and being often puzzled by contradicting advice, I would have enjoyed having a book like this much earlier. This book may be a guide through difficult times and answer questions about how, when and what to do about language education.... A real tool to help understand the construction of language and to work out a personalized program adapted to every case.
  • Endorsement From Silke Vannatter
    Coordinator, Learning Support
    International School of Geneva:
    An excellent resource for any family wishing to develop an individual approach to multiple language acquisition.... This book is a valuable source of information and strategies for international school parents and teachers.
Description: Raising Multilingual Children: Foreign Language Acquisition and Children elucidates how children learn foreign languages and when they can do so with the best results. The most recent studies in linguistics, neurology, education, and psychology are evaluated and the findings are presented in a "recipe" format. Parents and teachers are encouraged to "bake their own" and evaluate the multilingual children in their lives with the use of tools which include a family language profile and family language goals worksheet. Beginning with the Ingredients of Timing, (or the Windows of Opportunity,) and Aptitude, the book goes on to include the Baking Instructions of Motivation, Strategy, and Consistency. This is followed by Kitchen Design, or the role of the language learning environment which includes the child's Opportunity to use the languages being learned, the Linguistic Relationship between the child's languages, and the possible influence of Siblings. Plumbing and Electricity round out the ten key factors in raising multilingual children by discussing the possible role of Gender and Hand-Use, and our understanding of the multilingual brain at present. Chef and Chef's Assistants addresses the vital roles of teachers and schools in a child's foreign language development. A Mess in the Kitchen discusses problem situations related to foreign language learning, and offers a variety of resources to address such issues.
Table of Contents:
  • The Search for the Secret to Successful Bilingualism
  • Ten Key Factors in Raising Multilingual Children
  • Ingredients
  • Baking Instructions
  • Kitchen Design: The Role of the Language Environment
  • Plumbing and Electricity: The Role of the Multilingual Brain
  • The Chef and Chef's Assistants: The Role of Teachers and the School
  • Baking Your Own: Your Personal Family Language Profile
  • A Mess in the Kitchen: What to do in Problem Situations
  • The Sweet Smell of Success?: My Own Children's Language Development
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 00-029258
LCC Class: P115
Dewey Class: 404
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