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This introductory textbook shows how children learn to understand and speak two languages against the backdrop of their language learning environments. A narrative around the bilingual development of four young children with different language profiles helps to explain the latest research findings in a lively and accessible manner.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Some technical notes about this book
1: Introducing the fancy term for bilingual development: Bilingual First Language Acquisition
2: From birth to the comprehension of words
3: Saying words and starting to combine them
4: Making sentences
5: Preschool and beyond
6: In conclusion: Bilingual learning in context
Glossary
Bibiliography
Index of the 4 BFLA children and their families
Subject index
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