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Language strategies for trilingual families : parents' perspectives /
This book aims to enable parents in trilingual families to consider possible language strategies on the basis of analysing their individual circumstances. It includes a tool for diagnostic self-analysis that will help each reader to identify their situation and learn how parents in similar situation...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
Multilingual Matters,
2014.
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| Colección: | Parents' and teachers' guides.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; 1Trilingualism and multilingualism: An overview; Introduction; Our Sources; Terminology; Pinpointing Family Language Background; An Outline of the Book; Attitudes to multilingualism in society; Summary; 2Comparing bilingual and trilingual families; Introduction; Do children Who Are learning more than One language Get confused?; Does learning more than one language enhance cognitive growth?; How does the development of the brain differ when a child becomes bilingual?
- Does a child's place in the family and school affect Use of the family's languages?Developing ideas on How multilingualism differs from bilingualism; Summary; 3Monolingual parents living abroad (Group 1); Introduction; (a) The parents' strategies at home; (b) Languages at school: exposure to the community language; (c) The importance of the extended family; (d) Cultural practices and language Use; Conclusion; Implications for parents; 4One or both parents Are bilingual (Group 2); Introduction; (a) The struggle with trilingualism; (b) Education: Resignation or challenge?
- (C) Our Relatives Are bilingual as well(d) Cultural identity and language maintenance; Conclusion; Further support for trilingual families (Group 2); 5One or both parents Are trilingual (Group 3); Introduction; (a) Trilingual families and the Use of English; (b) Reported attitudes towards trilingualism in the community and school; (c) The influence of the extended family; (d) Cultural background and language use; Conclusion; Recommendations for trilingual families (Group 3); 6Trilingual proficiency in a multilingual society; Introduction; Examples of trilingual communities.
- Schooling in a multilingual contextMaking sense of multilingualism; Globalisation and the rise of English; Summary; 7Concluding words; Introduction; Support for trilingual families; English and trilingualism; Bringing Up children trilingually against the odds; Making a success of It; Final thoughts; Appendix: Resources for trilingual families with children; Introduction; Websites; Blogs on multilingual issues; Online Research Reports; Books from parents in trilingual families; Multilingual Education; Additional academic books on multilingualism; References and Further Reading; Index.