Bilingual children : a guide for parents
Meisel, Jürgen M.2019
Book
"Are you raising your child bilingually, or planning to do so in the future, but are unsure how to proceed? Using a question-and-answer format, this practical and reassuring guide will enable you to make informed decisions about how to raise your child with two or more languages. To grow up bilingually is a necessity or an opportunity for more children today than ever before. However, parents are frequently uncertain about what to do, or even fear that they may be putting their child's development at risk. Disentangling fact from myth, it shows that a child can acquire more than one 'first' language simultaneously and that one language need not have negative effects on the other. Each chapter is devoted to a question typically asked by parents in counselling sessions, followed by a concise answer, summaries of the evidence and practical tips"-- Provided by publisher.
Main title:
Bilingual children : a guide for parents / Jürgen M. Meisel.
Author:
Meisel, Jürgen M., author
Imprint:
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.©2019
Collation:
xvi, 259 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-254) and index.
Contents:
Bilingualism in early childhood: disentangling myths and factsHow infants become native speakersTwo languages in one mind: differentiating linguistic systemsKeeping languages apart: mixing, interference and interaction of languagesLanguage dominance: strong and weak languagesTrilingual and more: the role of inputThe age questionBenefits and advantages of child bilingualism.
ISBN:
9781316632611 (pbk)9781316632611 (paperback)9781107181366 (hardback)
Dewey class:
404.2083649.5807
LC class:
P115.2
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
814049
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services | -Parenting | PARENT 649.5807 MEIS | On loan - Due: 09 Jul 2026 |