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Offers support and guidance to tackle the realities of living in a bi-or multilingual family.
This essential guide for parents raising their children multilingually has proved an invaluable source of support and advice in the 20 years since its first publication. An English language teacher, independent researcher and mother of three more-or-less bilingual children, Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert brings her professional and personal experience to this realistic yet inspirational guide to the One-Parent-One-Language approach to childhood bilingualism.
The book also contains the experiences of more than 100 families from around the world, reflecting a wide range of languages and cultures. This second edition has been updated to reflect the latest research on childhood language learning and use, and provides parents with suggestions for up-to-date and accessible resources and further reading.
Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert is a pioneer and a major figure in the field of language strategies for multilingual families. In this book she combines outstanding academic knowledge on the topic with rich personal experience as a mother of three bilingual children. She offers great advice to (future) parents of multilingual children on how to handle the linguistic challenges and how to assure the best possible outcome.
Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert is the mother of three more-or-less bilingual children and teaches English as a Foreign Language in Paris, France. She has published two books on bilingual families, and regularly presents her work to teachers and parents.
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 6. Living With Three or More Languages . . . One-Parent-Two-Languages (or More)
Chapter 7. Eight Strategies for Language Use Within the Family
Chapter 8. Tips for Families with Children Growing Up with Two or More Languages