| Raising Multilingual Children Contributor(s): Festman, Julia (Author), Poarch, Gregory J. (Author), Dewaele, Jean-Marc (Author) |
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ISBN: 1783097574 ISBN-13: 9781783097579 Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited OUR PRICE: $53.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships | Parenting - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Education | Bilingual Education |
| Dewey: 404.208 |
| LCCN: 2016046332 |
| Series: Parents' and Teachers' Guides |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.8" W x 8.4" (0.75 lbs) 120 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Have you ever been told that raising your child to speak multiple languages will harm their development? Are teachers or other professionals suspicious of your efforts? Are you sometimes unsure if you are helping your child's language development, or are you uncertain where to start? It is increasingly recognised among researchers that, far from harming a child's development, being exposed to multiple languages from birth or early childhood can result in linguistic, creative and social advantages. The authors, all multilinguals themselves, parents of multilingual children, and researchers on language and multilingualism, aim to provide advice and inspiration for multilingual families across the world. The latest research on multilingualism and the authors' own experiences are used to provide a friendly, accessible guide to raising and nurturing happy multilingual children. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dewaele, Jean-Marc: - Jean-Marc Dewaele is Professor in the Department of Applied Linguistics and Communication, Birkbeck, University of London, UK. His research interests include individual differences in multilingualism and emotion and he is President of the International Association of Multilingualism. Festman, Julia: -Julia Festman works at the Pedagogical University Tyrol, Austria. She is the mother of Aya (12) and Noam (8), and they speak German, English and some Hebrew. Poarch, Gregory J.: -Gregory J. Poarch works at the University of Münster, Germany. He is the father of Loïc (15) who speaks Dutch, English and German. |