Growing up with three languages : birth to eleven
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Growing up with three languages : birth to eleven
（Parents' and teachers' guide, no. 11）
Multilingual Matters, c2008
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- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: pbk ISBN 9781847691064
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Prologue
Acknowledgement
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Complexity of Trilingualism
Chapter 2 In the Beginning
Chapter 3 The Home Years (Birth to Ages Three and Four)
Chapter 4 Transition from Home to Preschool and Kindergarten
Chapter 5 The Elementary School Years
Chapter 6 Identity and Personality Development: Children's Voices
Chapter 7 Concluding Remarks Summary
Notes and References
Epilogue
Appendix: Useful Websites for Parents
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: hbk ISBN 9781847691071
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Prologue
Acknowledgement
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Complexity of Trilingualism
Chapter 2 In the Beginning
Chapter 3 The Home Years (Birth to Ages Three and Four)
Chapter 4 Transition from Home to Preschool and Kindergarten
Chapter 5 The Elementary School Years
Chapter 6 Identity and Personality Development: Children’s Voices
Chapter 7 Concluding Remarks
Epilogue
Appendix: Useful Websites for Parents
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