Bilingual Children: A Guide for Parents

Jurgen M. Meisel (Universitat Hamburg)

ISBN 10: 131663261X / ISBN 13: 9781316632611

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2019

About this Item

An increasing number of families live in environments requiring a bilingual education for their children. This book addresses the major issues of concern for parents about child bilingualism, separating the fact from the fiction.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bilingual Children: A Guide for Parents
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 131663261X
• ISBN 13: 9781316632611
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: b41464
• Condition: Brand New

About this title

Synopsis

Are you raising your child bilingually, or planning to do so in the future, but are unsure how to proceed? Using a question-and-answer format, this practical and reassuring guide will enable readers to make informed decisions about how to raise their child with two or more languages. To grow up bilingually is a necessity or an opportunity for more children today than ever before. However, parents are frequently uncertain about what to do, or even fear that they may be putting their child's development at risk. Disentangling fact from myth, it shows that a child can acquire more than one 'first' language simultaneously and that one language need not have negative effects on the other. Each chapter is devoted to a question typically asked by parents in counselling sessions, followed by a concise answer, summaries of the evidence and practical tips.

About the Author

Jürgen M. Meisel is Professor emeritus and former Chair of the Research Center on Bilingualism at the Universität Hamburg, as well as Adjunct Professor and Distinguished Fellow, Faculty of Arts, University of Calgary. He has been engaged in parent counselling for more than thirty-five years. He is a founding editor of the journal Bilingualism: Language and Cognition and author of seven books and numerous articles.