| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 218 pages) : photographs |
| 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? |
| Summary |
This edition provides an introduction of practical value to questions of bilingualism for parents and teachers. The style of the book is to pose the questions that are asked most often, followed by straightforward answers. |
| Local Note |
TO BE DELETED |
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| Subject |
Bilingualism in children -- Miscellanea.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics. |
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Bilingualism in children |
| Genre/Form |
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 bk.) |
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9780585363622 (electronic bk.) |
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1853594563 (hbk. ; alk. paper) |
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1853594555 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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