Raising bilingual-biliterate children in monolingual cultures /

Features a case study explaining the French/English bilingual and biliterate development of three children in one family beginning with their births and ending in late adolescence. This book focuses on the children's acquisition of French and English during their early through late adolescence,...

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Main Author: Caldas, Stephen J., 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Clevedon ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, 2006
Series:Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 57.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction and Focus of the Book; Chapter 2 Bilingualism in America; Chapter 3 Methodology: Taking the Measure of the Project; Chapter 4 Bilingual Antecedents; Chapter 5 Home and Community; Chapter 6 The School; Chapter 7 Reading, Media, Hobbies and Games; Chapter 8 The Psychology of Pre- and Early Adolescent Bilingualism; Chapter 9 The Psychology of Middle Adolescent Bilingualism; Chapter 10 Emerging Bilinguistic Identities; Chapter 11 Taking the Measure of Bilingualism.