| Family Language Learning: Learn Another Language, Raise Bilingual Children Contributor(s): Jernigan, Christine (Author) |
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ISBN: 1783092793 ISBN-13: 9781783092796 Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Study & Teaching - Family & Relationships - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 418.007 |
| LCCN: 2014033090 |
| Series: Parents' and Teachers' Guides |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.6" W x 8.7" (0.80 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Family Language Learning is a practical guide designed to support, advise and encourage any parents who are hoping to raise their children bilingually. It is unique in that it focuses on parents who are not native speakers of a foreign language. It gives parents the tools they need to cultivate and nurture their own language skills while giving their children an opportunity to learn another language. The book combines cutting-edge research on language exposure with honest and often humorous stories from personal interviews with families speaking a foreign language at home. By dispelling long-held myths about how language is learned, it provides hope to parents who want to give their children bilingual childhoods, but feel they don't know where to start with learning a foreign language. |
Contributor Bio(s): Jernigan, Christine: - Christine Jernigan instructs foreign language teachers at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC and is a language coach for parents who want to raise bilingual children. She holds a PhD in foreign language education, and her main research interests include motivation, expectation and authenticity in the language classroom. She has contributed to the book Raising Children Bilingually in the US and to The Bilingual Family Newsletter. Her own children speak English and Portuguese. Visit her YouTube channel for videos on several of the chapter topics: www.youtube.com/user/getbilingual.. |