Growing up with Two Languages: A Practical Guide

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• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 168
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This bestselling book is for anyone - parents, teachers and language professionals alike - who need advice on how children can get the most from a bilingual situation. In Growing Up with Two Languages Una Cunningham-Andersson and Staffan Andersson provide a highly informative account of the stages of language development; describe and evaluate the various systems and strategies that can be adopted; and look at the problems that can occur when a child is exposed to two language and cultures. Illustrated throughout with the real life experiences of fifty families around the world, this book concludes with clear practical advice on how to support and document a child's bilingual development, and how to make the most of the Internet.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 13
Families with two languages......Page 14
Mixed language families and intercultural marriage......Page 15
Minority language families......Page 20
Expecting a child in a bilingual home......Page 25
Making plans......Page 31
Be prepared!......Page 34
The family language system......Page 39
One person one language......Page 43
One language one location (minority language at home)......Page 50
'Artificial' bilingualism......Page 53
Language development......Page 57
Active and passive languages......Page 59
Interference and mixing......Page 62
The critical period hypothesis......Page 67
The child with two languages......Page 70
Being different......Page 72
Day-care and school......Page 76
Practical parenting in a bilingual home......Page 82
Things to do at home......Page 89
Competence in two cultures......Page 97
Religion......Page 101
Achieving cultural competence......Page 102
Problems you may encounter......Page 114
Semilingualism......Page 118
Changed circumstances......Page 120
Children with special needs......Page 126
The way ahead......Page 129
Teenagers......Page 131
Grown-up children......Page 134
Advice from other parents......Page 135
Conclusion......Page 137
Appendix A: Organising a workshop on raising children with two languages......Page 139
Appendix B:Ways to support a child's development in two languages......Page 143
Minority language play-school......Page 144
Saturday school......Page 146
Appendix C: Documenting a child's linguistic development......Page 148
Length of utterance......Page 149
Pronunciation......Page 150
Appendix D: Internet resources......Page 158
Locating material......Page 160
Notes......Page 161
Glossary......Page 163
Bibliography......Page 165
Index......Page 167