Bilingual Development in Childhood

In the first decade of life, children become bilingual in different language learning environments. This Element explains how these different language learning settings dynamically affect bilingual children's language learning trajectories.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Becoming Bilingual in Infancy: Focus on Bilingual First Language Acquisition; 3. Bilingualism in Early Childhood: Bilingual First and Early Second Language Acquisition; 4. Bilingualism in Middle Childhood: BFLA, ESLA, and SLA; 5. Socioeconomic Status and Bilingual Development in Childhood; 6. Summary and Conclusion.

Summary

In the first decade of life, children become bilingual in different language learning environments. This Element explains how these different language learning settings dynamically affect bilingual children's language learning trajectories.

Product details

• Authors: Annick De Houwer, De Houwer Annick
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781108791397
• ISBN: 978-1-108-79139-7
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Child Development
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / General, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Language acquisition, Language learning: specific skills, Language teaching theory & methods, Language teaching theory and methods, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Bilingualism and multilingualism, bilingual; children; learning; language; acquisition