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Language Strategies for Bilingual Families: The one-parent – one-language Approach

Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert

Key Features

• Provides an inspiring approach to passing on two or more languages
• Family case studies give a fascinating insight into being a multilingual family

Description

This book looks at families can support and increase bilingualism through planned strategies. One such strategy is the one person-one language approach, where each parent speaks his or her language. Over a hundred families from around the world were questioned and thirty families were interviewed in-depth about how they pass on their language in bilingual or trilingual families.

CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter 1: The One-Parent-One Language Approach. What Is It?
Chapter 2: The First Three Years And Establishing The One-Parent-One Language Approach
Chapter 3: Starting School And Becoming Bicultural - One-Culture-One-Person?
Chapter 4: Interaction Between Family Members And The One-Person-One Language Approach
Chapter 5: One-Parent-One Language Families - Expectations And The Reality
Chapter 7: Seven Strategies For Language Use Within The Family
Chapter 8: The one-parent-one language approach in the 21st century

Publisher: Multilingual Matters (Parents' and Teachers' Guides No. 7)
May 2004
Format 225 x 170mm

Paperback: ISBN 1-85359-714-7
Hardback: ISBN 1-85359-715-5

You can contact Suzanne at opol_uk@yahoo.co.uk