Parents' and Teachers' Guide to Bilingualism 4th Revised edition

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 digital 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 language books, 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 (protoview.com)
In this accessible guide to bilingualism in the family and the classroom, Colin Baker delivers a realistic picture of the joys and difficulties of raising bilingual children. This revised edition includes more information on bilingualism in the digital age, and incorporates the latest research in areas such as neonatal language experience, multilingualism and language mixing.