Growing Up with Two Languages

A Practical Guide
2. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-415-33332-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm

This best-selling, easy-to-read guide provides sensible advice and practical help for families whose children are growing up with two languages, and for professionals working with them. It is packed with case studies and examples of how over fifty families around the world are coping with bilingualism.
Every family's situation is different, but there is a good deal that parents can do to make life with two languages easier for their children. The trials and rewards of life with two languages and cultures are discussed in detail, followed by clear guidance on supporting the child's linguistic and cultural development.
Features of this new updated edition include:

new and updated Internet resources
information on the specific problems facing teenagers, and guidance on how to resolve them
new research into language acquisition

discussion of attitudes to immigrant communities
new and updated first-hand advice and examples throughout.

Written by parents bringing up four bilingual children of their own, Growing Up with Two Languages will help all those who feel uncertain about how to help children benefit fully from their bilingual situation. It will also be useful for students on bilingualism, language acquisition and education courses.

Zielgruppe

General

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cunningham-Andersson, Una

Andersson, Staffan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sprachpsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Mehrsprachigkeit
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Psycholinguistik, Neurolinguistik, Kognition

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Acknowledgements 1. Families with Two Languages Background Mixed Language Families and Intercultural Marriage Minority Language Families 2. Expecting a Child in a Bilingual Home What do you Want for Your Child? Making Plans Be Prepared! 3. The Family Language System Developing a System One Person - One Language One Language - One Location (minority languages at home 'Artificial' bilingualism 4. Language Development Active and Passive Languages Interference and Mixing The Crictical Period Hypothesis 5. The Child with Two Languages Advantages and Disadvantages of Two Languages for the Child Being Different Day-Care and School 6. Practical Parenting in a Bilingual Home Help your Child to Make the Most of the Situation Things to do at Home 7. Competence in Two Cultures Access to Two Cultures Religion Achieving Cultural Competence 8. Problems you may Encounter Quality of Input Semilingualism Changed Circumstances Children with Special Needs 9. The Way Ahead Motivation Teenagers Grown-up Children Advice from Other Parents Conclusion Appendix A: Organising a Workshop on Raising Children with Two Languages Appendix B: Ways to Support a Child's Development in Two Languages Parent and Children Group Minority Language Play-School Saturday School Appendix C: Documenting a Child's Linguistic Development Vocabulary Length of Utterance Language Mixing Pronunciation Appendix D: Internet Resources Web Sites Meeting Places Locating Material Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Una Cunningham-Andersson is a Senior Lecturer in English language and linguistics at Dalarna University in Falun, Sweden.Staffan Andersson teaches computing. They are raising their four children to speak English and Swedish in Sweden.