Language Strategies for Bilingual Families: The one-parent-one-language Approach (Parents' and Teachers' Guides)
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (844 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1853597147 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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The benefits of bilingualism and biculturalism such as higher cognitive skills, an awareness of language and sensitivity to other cultures, are being increasingly recognised. 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. 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
Excellent book if you've only been told one and the Elena Boskov Excellent book if you've only been told one and the same thing about "one language - one parent" strategy. It is not true it leads to the same expected results and parent experiences given in the book are incredibly valuable. Scientific approach contributes to credibility of conclusions presented. Wish more bilingual families where none of the languages was English were subjected to the study. Maybe in the next edition. Seems like a pretty good book so far Mark Twain Seems like a pretty good book so far. It explores the history of the One-Parent One-Language Approach: which linguists have used it, etc. It has interviews with families that have used it. I haven't gotten to the meat of it, but I'm excited for it
Her recommendations are substantiated by extensive research and show great insight into children's language development. I particularly enjoyed the numerous case-studies of multilingual families, and I would warmly recommend this book as the 21st Century guide to parents of multilingual children. (Irma M. (Dr. Suzanne has written a superbly clear and accessible account of the daily challenges of family life with several languages. Olmedo, University of Illinois Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 27:4) . (Helen Le Merle)This book provides an excellent framework for parents who are interested in and concerned by raising bilingual children. Beate Luo, Linguistlist)The book presents a well-dev
Married to a Frenchman with three young children she has direct experience of bringing up children with two or three languages. They have lived as an expatriate family in Hungry, Egypt and Switzerland. . Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert is on the Editorial Board of the Bilingual Family Newsletter. Suzanne trained as a teacher of English as a sec