Growing up with three languages : birth to eleven / Xiao-lei Wang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wang, Xiao-Lei, 1959-

Series:

Parents' and teachers' guides ; no. 11.

Parents' and teachers' guides ; no. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language acquisition--Parent participation.

Language acquisition.

Multilingualism in children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK ; Buffalo, NY : Multilingual Matters, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is based on an eleven-year observation of two children who were simultaneously exposed to three languages from birth. It tells the story of two parents from different cultural, linguistic, and ethnic-racial backgrounds who joined to raise their two children with their heritage languages outside their native countries. It also tells the children’s story and the way they negotiated three cultures and languages and developed a trilingual identity. It sheds light on how parental support contributed to the children’s simultaneous acquisition of three languages in an environment where the main input of the two heritage languages came respectively from the father and from the mother. It addresses the challenges and the unique language developmental characteristics of the two children during their trilingual acquisition process.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Dedication

Prologue

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Complexity of Trilingualism

Chapter 2. In the Beginning

Chapter 3. The Home Years

Chapter 4. Transition from Home to Preschool and Kindergarten

Chapter 5. The Elementary School Years

Chapter 6. Identity and Personality Development: Children’s Voices

Chapter 7. Concluding Remarks

Epilogue

Appendix: Useful Websites for Parents

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-87853-7

9786611878535

1-84769-108-0

OCLC:

437237427