Growing up with Three Languages: Birth to Eleven (Parents' and Teachers' Guides, 11)

Wang, Xiao-lei

ISBN 10: 1847691064 / ISBN 13: 9781847691064

Published by Multilingual Matters, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Growing up with Three Languages: Birth to Eleven (Parents' and Teachers' Guides, 11)
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847691064
• ISBN 13: 9781847691064
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

A long-term study of one trilingual family and how they negotiated language development.

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.

About the Author

Xiao-lei Wang is Dean and Full Professor at the Ruth S. Ammon College of Education and Health Sciences at Adelphi University in New York, United States. Her research focuses on multilingual language acquisition, nonverbal communication, and parent-child interaction. She has written numerous books, including three books written for parents of multilingual children.