Raising Bilingual-Biliterate Children in Monolingual Cultures - Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Informationen zum Autor Stephen J. Caldas is professor of educational foundations and leadership at the University of Louisiana--Lafayette. He has co-authored three previous books (with Carl L. Bankston III) including the just published book Forced to Fail: The Paradox of School Desegregation (published by Praeger in 2005), and A Troubled Dream: The Promise and Failure of School Desegregation in Louisiana (2002, Vanderbilt University Press). His research interests include psycholinguistics, socio/psychometrics, desegregation and the social/political contexts of education. Klappentext This book is a longitudinal case study carefully detailing the French/English bilingual and biliterate development of three children in one family. The book focuses most specifically on the children's acquisition of French and English during their early through late adolescence, in both their Louisiana and Québec home environments. Zusammenfassung This book is a longitudinal case study carefully detailing the French/English bilingual and biliterate development of three children in one family. The book focuses most specifically on the children’s acquisition of French and English during their early through late adolescence, in both their Louisiana and Québec home environments.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen J Caldas, Stephen J. Caldas
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.04.2006
• EAN: 9781853598753
• ISBN: 978-1-85359-875-3
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 211 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism; Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
• Subjects: Education and learning; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures