Language Strategies for Bilingual Families : : The one-parent-one-language Approach / / Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert.
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 cultur...
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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, , [2004] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Parents' and Teachers' Guides
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The One-Parent-One-Language Approach. What is it?
- 2. The First Three Years and Establishing the One-Parent-One-Language Approach
- 3. Starting School and Becoming Bicultural – One-Culture-One-Person?
- 4. Interaction Between Family Members and the One-Person-One-Language Approach
- 5. One-Parent-One-Language Families – Expectations and the Reality
- 6. Living With Three or More Languages . . . One-Parent-Two-Languages (or More)
- 7. Seven Strategies for Language Use Within the Family
- 8. The One-Parent-One-Language Approach in the Twenty-First Century
- Appendixes
- Sources of Information for Bilingual Families
- Glossary
- References
- Index