Description: Parents' and Teachers' Guide to Bilingualism, Paperback by Baker, Colin, ISBN 1783091592, ISBN-13 9781783091591, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Presented in a question and answer format, this practical guide addresses issues related to raising bilingual children. It answers frequently asked questions related to families, language development, problems, reading and writing, basic and bilingual education, achievement and underachievement, language in the classroom, and other topics. Questions were drawn from interactions and talks with parents, training sessions with health visitors and midwives, and other suggestions. This edition has more on bilingualism in the age and incorporates research on the value of keeping languages separate or not, changing habits in speaking a language to a child, fluency in different language contexts, the role of mothers, children as interpreters and translators, adoption, neonatal language experiences, trilingualism and multilingualism, language mixing, effects on personality, parental effort and frustrations, stuttering, language choice when a parent is fully bilingual, dual languags, the effects of information technology and the internet, international schools, content and language integrated learning, the role of friends and the local community, translanguaging, home education and homeschooling, and the effect of siblings on family language choice. It also adds quotes from parents and children. Distributed in the US by UTP Distribution. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Parents' and Teachers' Guide to Bilingualism
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Name: Parents' and Teachers' Guide to Bilingualism
Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: Educational Policy & Reform / General, Multicultural Education, Linguistics / General
Features: Revised
Item Weight: 16.2 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Colin Baker
Item Length: 8.8 in
Subject Area: Language Arts & Disciplines, Education
Item Width: 6.7 in
Series: Parents' and Teachers' Guides
Format: Trade Paperback
