Raising multilingual children : foreign language acquisition and children / Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tokuhama-Espinosa, Tracey, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bilingualism in children.

Child rearing.

Language acquisition.

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

English language.

Comparative education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Raising Multilingual Children: Foreign Language Acquisition and Children elucidates how children learn foreign languages and when they can do so with the best results. The most recent studies in linguistics, neurology, education, and psychology are evaluated and the findings are presented in a recipe format. Parents and teachers are encouraged to bake their own and evaluate the multilingual children in their lives with the use of tools which include a family language profile and family language goals worksheet. Beginning with the Ingredients of Timing, (or the Windows of Opportunity,) and Aptitude, the book goes on to include the Baking Instructions of Motivation, Strategy, and Consistency. This is followed by Kitchen Design , or the role of the language learning environment which includes the child's Opportunity to use the languages being learned, the Linguistic Relationship between the child's languages, and the possible influence of Siblings. Plumbing and Electricity round out the ten key factors in raising multilingual children by discussing the possible role of Gender and Hand-Use, and our understanding of the multilingual brain at present. Chef and Chef's Assistants addresses the vital roles of teachers and schools in a child's foreign language development. A Mess in the Kitchen discusses problem situations related to foreign language learning, and offers a variety of resources to address such issues.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Tables and Figures

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Chapter 1 The Search for the Secret to Successful Bilingualism: Somewhere between Academia and the Family

Chapter 2 Ten Key Factors in Raising Multilingual Children: A Recipe for Success

Chapter 3 Ingredients

Chapter 4 Baking Instructions

Chapter 5 Kitchen Design: The Role of the Language Environment

Chapter 6 Plumbing and Electricity: The Multilingual Brain

Chapter 7 The Chefs and Chefs' Assistants: The Role of the Teachers and the Schools

Chapter 8 Baking Your Own: Your Personal Family Language Profile

Chapter 9 A Mess in the Kitchen

Chapter 10 The Sweet Smell of Success

Appendix A Finding Language Sources in Scarce Language Environments

Appendix B The Family Studies: How the Information Was Gathered

Glossary

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-209) and index.

ISBN:

9798216004615

9781429476393

1429476397

9781567509564

1567509568

OCLC:

70763613