Trilingualism in Family, School and Community / / ed. by Charlotte Hoffmann, Jehannes Ytsma.

Countries 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, soci...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2003]
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Year of Publication:2003
Language:English
Series:Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Contexts of Trilingualism
  • Chapter 1. Exploring Multilingualism in Cultural Contexts: Towards a Notion of Multilinguality
  • Chapter 2. Being Trilingual or Multilingual: Is There a Price to Pay?
  • Part 2: Multilingual Language Use
  • Chapter 3. Language Practices of Trilingual Youth in Two Canadian Cities
  • Chapter 4. Language Crossing Among Adolescents in a Multiethnic City Area in Germany
  • Chapter 5. A Survey of Language Ability, Language Use and Language Attitudes of Young Aborigines in Taiwan
  • Chapter 6. Trilingual Input and Children’s Language Use in Trilingual Families in Flanders
  • Part 3: Language Policy and Education
  • Chapter 7. Creating and Implementing a Language Policy in the Israeli Educational System
  • Chapter 8. Trilingualism in Guinea-Bissau and the Question of Instructional Language
  • Chapter 9. Trilinguals at Four? Early Trilingual Education in the Basque Country
  • Chapter 10. Teaching English as a Third Language: The Effect of Attitudes and Motivation
  • Chapter 11. English as a Third Language in Bilingual Finland: Basic Communication or Academic Language?
  • Index