ISBN:
9781783091614
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (288 pages)
Edition:
4th ed
Series Statement:
Parents' and Teachers' Guides v.18
Parallel Title:
Print version Baker, Colin A Parents' and Teachers' Guide to Bilingualism : 4th edition
DDC:
306.446083
Keywords:
Bilingualism
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Electronic books
Abstract:
In this accessible guide to bilingualism, Colin Baker delivers a realistic picture of the joys and difficulties of raising bilingual children. This new edition includes more information on bilingualism in the digital age, and incorporates the latest research in areas such as neonatal language experience, multilingualism and language mixing
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- An Introduction to the Fourth Edition -- Introduction -- A: Family Questions -- A1: What are the advantages of my child becoming bilingual? -- A2: Are some families better placed than others to produce bilingual children? -- A3: Is the mother more important than the father in the child's language development? -- A4: What happens if parents don't agree that their children should become bilingual? -- A5: If we raise our child to be bilingual, will it affect our partnership/marriage? -- A6: My partner does not understand the language that I will speak to my child. Is this a problem? -- A7: What happens if grandparents and the extended family disapprove of bilingualism? -- A8: What is the 'one person-one language' (OPOL) approach? Is it effective? -- A9: I'm a one-parent family. How can I raise my child bilingually? -- A10: Neither of us speaks a second language. How can we help our child become bilingual? -- A11: My children get little practice in speaking one of their languages outside the family. What should I do? -- A12: When watching television, should my child be encouraged to listen to one language or both languages? -- A13: My children can speak two languages. How can I help them belong to two cultures? -- A14: How important is it that the child's two languages are practiced and supported outside the home? -- A15: What kind of community support is valuable for bilingualism? -- A16: My neighbours think we should integrate more which means using a different language from the home. Should we keep separate or integrate? -- A17: Can I learn a second language alongside my child? -- A18: We have just moved to a different country. Should we speak the host country's language in the home to help our children? -- A19: What should our language strategy be with an adopted child?
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A20: I speak two languages fluently - which should I choose to speak to my child? -- A21: I would like to speak my first language to my child but I have got out of the habit of using it. What can I do to get back in the habit? -- Section B: Language Development Questions -- B1: What are the most important factors in raising a bilingual child? -- B2: Do some children find it easier than others to become bilingual? -- B3: Does bilingual development start in the fetal stage? -- B4: Is it easier to become bilingual as a young child? -- B5: How early do bilingual children recognize that they have two languages? -- B6: Is it better for my child to learn a language early to secure better storage in the brain? -- B7: Will my child become equally fluent in two languages? -- B8: Is it better to develop two languages together or one language later than the other? -- B9: How do I know my child's language development in each language is normal and acceptable? -- B10: Will learning a second language interfere with development in the first language? -- B11: Are there benefits if my child has a less well-developed second language? -- B12: What effect will bilingualism have on my child's intelligence? -- B13: I want my children to be successful. Should I concentrate on developing their first/majority language skills? -- B14: Should my child keep the two languages separate in different situations and with different people (e.g. visitors)? -- B15: Should my child use two languages with the same person -- B16: Will my child's attitudes affect the learning of a second language? -- B17: Is it sensible to raise my child multilingually? -- B18: Do bilinguals learn a third language easier than monolinguals learn a second language? -- B19: Do girls and boys differ in their progress towards bilingualism and biliteracy?
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B20: Are first-borns different to later-borns in developing bilingualism? -- B21: My child mixes their two languages. Is this normal? -- B22: Does switching between languages have any value or purpose? -- B23: When will my bilingual child be able to interpret and translate from one language to another? -- B24: How much will experience of majority language mass media affect the development of bilingualism in my child? -- B25: Can music and drama help my child's bilingual development? -- B26: Will computers and information technology affect my child's bilingualism? -- B27: How important are employment prospects to preserve my child's languages into adulthood? -- B28: I need to change the language(s) I've used with my children. How will it affect them? -- Section C: Questions About Problems -- C1: What are the disadvantages of my child becoming bilingual? -- C2: My child mixes the two languages. What should I do? -- C3: My child refuses to use one of his/her languages. What should I do? -- C4: My teenage child is speaking the majority language more and more. What can I do? -- C5: The balance of my child's two languages seems to be shifting. How can I ensure one language doesn't disappear? -- C6: Will my child learn two languages only half as well as a monolingual child? -- C7: Will my child's thinking be affected by being bilingual? -- C8: Does bilingualism have an effect on the functioning of the brain? -- C9: Will my bilingual children have a problem of identity with two different cultures? -- C10: Will my identity change if I raise children to be bilingual and bi(multi)cultural? -- C11: What will happen to our identity if we move to live in another country? -- C12: Will bilingualism have any adverse effect on my child's personality? -- C13: Will bilingualism have any adverse effect on my child's friendships and social development?
Abstract:
C14: My child seems to have learning difficulties. Is this due to bilingualism? -- C15: My child seems to have an emotional/behavioural problem. Is this caused by bilingualism? -- C16: My child has a specific diagnosed problem (e.g. severe learning difficulty, language disorder, emotional problem). Should we change to speaking one language to the child rather than two languages? What language should I speak to my child? -- C17: My child stutters. Is this caused by bilingualism? -- C18: A child is autistic or has Asperger's syndrome. Should we use one language only with the child? -- C19: People make fun of our speaking a minority language. How should I react? -- C20: People around me are prejudiced and racist. Should we as a family switch to speaking only the majority language? -- C21: I'm a recent immigrant to a country. Should I stop speaking my native language and switch to the first language of that country? -- C22: My second language is not perfect. Should I speak it to my child? -- C23: A local professional (e.g. a doctor, psychologist, speech therapist, teacher) advised me against bilingualism. Is this correct? -- C24: Do teenagers suffer or gain if their parents come from different language and cultural backgrounds (mixed language marriages)? -- C25: What are the most common reasons that children raised in a multilingual setting do not function as multilinguals? -- Section D: Reading and Writing Problems -- D1: Should my child learn to read in one language first? -- D2: Will learning to read in a second language interfere with reading in the first language? -- D3: If the two languages have different scripts, will learning to read and write be a problem? -- D4: Can a child learn to be literate in three languages? -- D5: When should a child begin to read in a second language?
Abstract:
D6: How should I help my child to read and write in both languages? -- D7: Which approach to teaching reading in English works best? The 'look and say', 'phonemic awareness', 'phonics', 'whole language' or what approach? -- D8: Should I buy books for my child to read that contain two languages or just one language? -- D9: How can I locate books for my child to read in each language? -- D10: Will my child find it hard to write in two different languages? -- D11: My child seems slow in learning to read. Is this due to bilingualism? -- D12: My child has problems with spelling. Is this due to bilingualism? -- D13: My child has been diagnosed as dyslexic. Should we develop reading and writing in one language and not two? -- Section E: Education Questions -- E1: How can a pre-school playgroup or nursery school support children's bilingualism? -- E2: What are the language features of an effective pre-school or nursery school to support my child's bilingualism? -- E3: Should my child go to a bilingual school? -- E4: What should I look out for in choosing a school for my bilingual child? -- E5: Should my child be taught bilingually in the primary school but not in the secondary school? -- E6: I do not speak the same language of the school. How can I help my children with their homework? -- E7: The language of the university is different from that of the secondary school. Will my child suffer because they have not been educated in the language used at the university? -- E8: Should older children not be placed in bilingual education? -- E9: Is there a 'critical age' when children shouldn't be moved to a school with a different language pattern in the curriculum? -- E10: My children can hold a conversation in a second language. Is that sufficient for them to be taught in that language at school?
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E11: My child is learning through a second language at school. Should we change our language pattern at home?
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