| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 218 pages) : photographs. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Parents' and teachers' guides ; 1
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Parents' and teachers' guides ; 1.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Family Questions -- What are the advantages of my child becoming bilingual? -- Are some families better placed than others to produce bilingual children? -- Is the mother more important than the father in the child's language development? -- What happens if parents don't agree that their children should become bilingual? -- If we raise our child to be bilingual, will it affect our marriage? -- What happens if grandparents and the extended family disapprove of bilingualism? -- I'm a one-parent family. How can I raise my child bilingually? -- Neither of us speaks a second language. How can we help our child become bilingual? -- My children get little practice in speaking one of their languages outside the family. What should I do? -- When watching television, should my child be encouraged to listen to one language or both languages? -- My children can speak two languages. How can I help them belong to two cultures? -- How important is it that the child's two languages are practiced and supported outside the home? -- What kind of community support is valuable for bilingualism? -- My neighbors think we should integrate more which means using a different language from the home. Should we keep separate or integrate? -- Can I learn a second language alongside my child? -- We have just moved to a different country. Should we speak the host country's language in the home to help our children? -- What should our language strategy be with an adopted child? -- Language Development Questions -- What are the most important factors in raising a bilingual child? |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bilingualism in children -- Miscellanea.
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Bilingualism in children. |
| Genre/Form |
Trivia and miscellanea.
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Electronic books.
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Trivia and miscellanea.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Baker, Colin, 1949- Parents' and teachers' guide to bilingualism. 2nd ed. Clevedon, England ; Buffalo, NY : Multilingual Matters, ©2000 1853594563 (DLC) 99028420 (OCoLC)41431630 |
| ISBN |
0585363625 (electronic book) |
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9780585363622 (electronic book) |
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1853594563 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1853594555 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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