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Book Title
Growing up with Three Languages
Publication Name
Growing Up with Three Languages : Birth to Eleven
Title
Growing up with Three Languages
Subtitle
Birth to Eleven
ISBN-10
1847691072
EAN
9781847691071
ISBN
9781847691071
Publisher
Multilingual Matters
Format
Hardcover
Release Year
2008
Release Date
06/11/2008
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
GB
Item Height
0.8in
Item Length
8.8in
Item Width
6.7in
Item Weight
18.4 Oz
Author
Xiao-Lei Wang
Genre
Language & Reference
Series
Parents' and Teachers' Guides
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
240 Pages

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Product Information

This book is for parents who live in a foreign country and intend to raise their children in their own heritage language(s). It offers helpful suggestions for this challenging situation and provides useful strategies in the daily interactions between parents and children.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Multilingual Matters
ISBN-10
1847691072
ISBN-13
9781847691071
eBay Product ID (ePID)
69690712

Product Key Features

Author
Xiao-Lei Wang
Publication Name
Growing Up with Three Languages : Birth to Eleven
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Series
Parents' and Teachers' Guides
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
240 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.8in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6.7in
Item Weight
18.4 Oz

Additional Product Features

Series Volume Number
11
Lc Classification Number
P118.5.W36 2008
Reviews
This wise and engaging book is rich with detail on how normal multilingual acquisition works, where the challenges lie, and why raising children in multiple languages is worthwhile. I want to hand this book to my kids: "See? This is what we've been trying to accomplish.", This book is hugely enjoyable! It is written in a highly accessible style, and yet it is academically rigorous. The author has a profound understanding of the linguistic, social, cultural and psychological aspects of trilingualism and uses her large corpus covering more than 10 years of trilingual interactions in a family setting as an illustration of successful trilingual development. The book reads like a novel: the characters are two determined parents, one Chinese and one Swiss, and two biracial and trilingual boys growing up in New York, proud of their unique identity. The author presents different perspectives: the parents' view, the children's opinions about their multilingualism, and the researcher's perspective. She draws excellent conclusions for prospective parents of multilingual children and has a clear message to those who doubt that multilingualism can work: it is possible, her children developed superior cognitive and communicative skills, but it involves a constant, unrelenting effort from the parents' part. Dr. Jean-Marc Dewaele, Department of Applied Linguistics, Birkbeck, University of London, This book is hugely enjoyable! It is written in a highly accessible style, and yet it is academically rigorous. The author has a profound understanding of the linguistic, social, cultural and psychological aspects of trilingualism and uses her large corpus covering more than 10 years of trilingual interactions in a family setting as an illustration of successful trilingual development. The book reads like a novel: the characters are two determined parents, one Chinese and one Swiss, and two biracial and trilingual boys growing up in New York, proud of their unique identity. The author presents different perspectives: the parents' view, the children's opinions about their multilingualism, and the researcher's perspective. She draws excellent conclusions for prospective parents of multilingual children and has a clear message to those who doubt that multilingualism can work: it is possible, her children developed superior cognitive and communicative skills, but it involves a constant, unrelenting effort from the parents' part., The book, part of the Parents' and Teachers' Guides series published by Multilingual Matters, is written in a highly reader-friendly, non-technical and comprehensive style making it accessible to readers from all walks of life. It draws on the unfolding, entertaining story of an actual family, yet it is academically rigorous with details of evidence and data typical of research work...This book is highly worthwhile reading for parents, educators and researchers. It is useful not only for families with three or more languages but also for any bilingual or monolingual diasporas who can also benefit from understanding the role of multilingualism in children's language learning and identity development.
Table of Content
Prologue Acknowledgement Introduction Chapter 1 The Complexity of Trilingualism Chapter 2 In the Beginning Chapter 3 The Home Years (Birth to Ages Three and Four) Chapter 4 Transition from Home to Preschool and Kindergarten Chapter 5 The Elementary School Years Chapter 6 Identity and Personality Development: Children's Voices Chapter 7 Concluding Remarks Epilogue Appendix: Useful Websites for Parents
Copyright Date
2008
Topic
Linguistics / General
Lccn
2008-026646
Dewey Decimal
401/.93
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Language Arts & Disciplines

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