Bilingual Children - A Guide for Parents

This practical and reassuring guide will enable readers to make informed decisions about how to raise their child bilingually.

List of contents

1. Bilingualism in early childhood - disentangling myths and facts; 2. How infants become native speakers; 3. Two languages in one mind - differentiating linguistic systems; 4. Keeping languages apart: mixing, interference and interaction of languages; 5. Language dominance, strong and weak languages; 6. Trilingual and more - the role of input; 7. The age question; 8. Benefits and advantages of child bilingualism; References; Index.

About the author

Jürgen M. Meisel is Professor emeritus and former Chair of the Research Center on Bilingualism at the Universität Hamburg, as well as Adjunct Professor and Distinguished Fellow, Faculty of Arts, University of Calgary. He has been engaged in parent counselling for more than thirty-five years. He is a founding editor of the journal Bilingualism: Language and Cognition and author of seven books and numerous articles.

Summary

An increasing number of families live in environments requiring a bilingual education for their children. This book addresses the major issues of concern for parents about child bilingualism, separating the fact from the fiction.

Product details

• Authors: Jurgen Meisel, Jurgen (Universitat Hamburg) Meisel, Jürgen M. Meisel, Jurgen M. (Universitat Hamburg) Meisel
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781107181366
• ISBN: 978-1-107-18136-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Advice on parenting, Parenting: advice and issues, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Bilingualism and multilingualism