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'Every family with two languages should have this book!' - Stephen Ryan, The Bilingual Family Newsletter
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This best-selling, easy-to-read guide provides sensible advice and practical help for families whose children are growing up with two languages, and for professionals working with them. It is packed with case studies and examples of how over fifty families around the world are coping with bilingualism.
Every family's situation is different, but there is a good deal that parents can do to make life with two languages easier for their children. The trials and rewards of life with two languages and cultures are discussed in detail, followed by clear guidance on supporting the child's linguistic and cultural development.
Features of this new updated edition include:
- new and updated Internet resources
- information on the specific problems facing teenagers, and guidance on how to resolve them
- new research into language acquisition
- discussion of attitudes to immigrant communities
- new and updated first-hand advice and examples throughout.
Written by parents bringing up four bilingual children of their own, Growing Up with Two Languages will help all those who feel uncertain about how to help children benefit fully from their bilingual situation. It will also be useful for students on bilingualism, language acquisition and education courses.
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51 of 52 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Good points: easy to read with many useful suggestions. Very up to date with a number of useful web site addresses.
Bad points: possibly a bit too simplistic and very general. More focused on families where English is the minority language.
I found 'The Biligual Family'by Harding and Riley more useful but it is more academic and has slightly different goals from this book.
62 of 65 people found the following review helpful
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This is a really good book if you're an English speaker, living in a country where English isn't spoken at all. There are lots of really interesting case studies and examples of how families cope with bilingualism.
However, it didn't meet my needs - we are a family living in Wales, where one parent speaks English as a first language, and the other speaks Welsh as a first language. Our situation may not be commonplace, but I didn't find the help I was looking for in this book.
I found Colin Baker's book 'A Parent's and Teacher's guide to bilingualism' met our needs more fully.
Some really good resources and web-site addresses though.
However, it didn't meet my needs - we are a family living in Wales, where one parent speaks English as a first language, and the other speaks Welsh as a first language. Our situation may not be commonplace, but I didn't find the help I was looking for in this book.
I found Colin Baker's book 'A Parent's and Teacher's guide to bilingualism' met our needs more fully.
Some really good resources and web-site addresses though.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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If you bring your child up in a minority language, you will face questions and pressure. This book gave me the answers I needed to the most common questions I face, and the confidence I needed as a parent. Important issues discussed include the advantages and disadvantages of bilingualism, family language systems, the child's possible reaction at day care and school, culture, children with special needs, motivation and teenagers. The authors give plenty of positive practical guidance, as well as warnings about creating negative perceptions, while steering clear of laying down absolute rules.
The quality of printing is quite good for a paperback, with clear, white pages. The writing style is fairly good, and the insert boxes of anecdotes and comments are useful. Unfortunately, the font used for most of the text is rather small.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone bringing their children up bilingually.
The quality of printing is quite good for a paperback, with clear, white pages. The writing style is fairly good, and the insert boxes of anecdotes and comments are useful. Unfortunately, the font used for most of the text is rather small.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone bringing their children up bilingually.
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Practical and accessible guide - recommended.
This book is aimed more at those who find themselves bringing up children in a multi-lingual environment (eg, due to circumstances such as parents living in a foreign country for... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Annette Pacey
easy to read and informative
i found this book quite informative and relaxing. It discusses several issues related to bilingualism in simple language and does not try to impose a particular method or theory. Read more
Published 10 months ago by natata
A good book to buy
This book is very good. I needed something that could give me examples of growing up children with two languages. The only thing that I had found before where negative answers. Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2001 by andrea.luciano@icteam.it
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