Growing Up with Two Languages: A Practical Guide 2nd Edition
by Staff Andersson
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Manufacturer: Routledge
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.446
EAN: 9780415333320
ISBN: 0415333326
Label: Routledge
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 184
Publication Date: 2004-06-17
Publisher: Routledge
Studio: Routledge
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Customer Rating:
Summary: great resource although not well written
Comment: My husband and I found this book to be a useful guide to build an action an action plan for how to attempt to raise a bilingual child, which is yet to be born. Most of our bicultural friends have attempted to raise a bilingual or multilingual child in the United States but have failed in the attempt. We read the book in order to help us build an action plan and prepare for what seems to be a challenging but hopefully doable goal. The book provides results based on research as well as parents sharing their experiences. It is a practical guide although a bit repetitive and could be written more swiftly. Skim through the beginning, but dont give up. It does eventually start giving concrete examples of different methods that can be adopted in the household and how to deal with critical situations. It helped us answer questions such as: 1) will the child pick up the accent of the parent if he or she speaks to them in a language that is not their first lagunage. 2) is one methold better than another? 3) what are the key success factors 4)what factors play a role in helping a child be multilingual.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great resource
Comment: This is a wonderful resource for anyone who is raising a child with more than one language. There's a good mix of scientific research, information on language development, practical advice, and anecdotes from parents around the world -- highly recommended.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Useful, practical introduction to the world of bilingual parenting
Comment: This account of bilingual language acquisition is a fantastic how-to guide for all parents hoping to bring up their children with more than one language. I found the style very accessible and the pointers for creating your own bilingual family very useful.
Still a work in progress for us - our baby is only 3 months old - but we're putting into practice the Andersson's recommendations, so time will tell!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Pretty much run of the mill
Comment: I expected far more substantial explanation and real-world advice. What I got was a collection of anecdotes that yielded more common sense conclusions than expert insight.
And as a parent raising bilingual, bi-racial, bi-cultural children, I really disagree with restricting the native speaking parent to their own language. To create a family bond in all directions, IMO, it has worked best for both parents to model both languages, with emphasis (of course) at home on the language not experienced in everyday life. Our child quickly-- by age two-- could easily distinguish between the two and perform his own translations when prompted.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not a Practical Guide
Comment: For obvious reasons this book should be easy to read. Unfortunately it isn't, especially not if you're not English (and due to the theme of the book, at least one of two readers could be expected to be non English). The book is full of incredibly long sentences and woolly language and the constant use of terms like 'minority language' and 'majority language' is very confusing.
So far for the style. Now the content. Contrary to the subtitle it's not practical at all. One parent should speak one language, the other should speak the other, both should be consistent - that's the message that is repeated over and over again, and it's about the only practical advice you'll find here. The rest is a heap of possible situations without really valuable tips. Most of the comments from bilingual parents you'll read in this book seem out of context and are therefore not useful.
Why a 2 stars rating and not 1? The book was written with honest intentions and I think the authors did their best. But, Mr. Publisher, where was your editor?
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: great resource although not well written
Comment: My husband and I found this book to be a useful guide to build an action an action plan for how to attempt to raise a bilingual child, which is yet to be born. Most of our bicultural friends have attempted to raise a bilingual or multilingual child in the United States but have failed in the attempt. We read the book in order to help us build an action plan and prepare for what seems to be a challenging but hopefully doable goal. The book provides results based on research as well as parents sharing their experiences. It is a practical guide although a bit repetitive and could be written more swiftly. Skim through the beginning, but dont give up. It does eventually start giving concrete examples of different methods that can be adopted in the household and how to deal with critical situations. It helped us answer questions such as: 1) will the child pick up the accent of the parent if he or she speaks to them in a language that is not their first lagunage. 2) is one methold better than another? 3) what are the key success factors 4)what factors play a role in helping a child be multilingual.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great resource
Comment: This is a wonderful resource for anyone who is raising a child with more than one language. There's a good mix of scientific research, information on language development, practical advice, and anecdotes from parents around the world -- highly recommended.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Useful, practical introduction to the world of bilingual parenting
Comment: This account of bilingual language acquisition is a fantastic how-to guide for all parents hoping to bring up their children with more than one language. I found the style very accessible and the pointers for creating your own bilingual family very useful.
Still a work in progress for us - our baby is only 3 months old - but we're putting into practice the Andersson's recommendations, so time will tell!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Pretty much run of the mill
Comment: I expected far more substantial explanation and real-world advice. What I got was a collection of anecdotes that yielded more common sense conclusions than expert insight.
And as a parent raising bilingual, bi-racial, bi-cultural children, I really disagree with restricting the native speaking parent to their own language. To create a family bond in all directions, IMO, it has worked best for both parents to model both languages, with emphasis (of course) at home on the language not experienced in everyday life. Our child quickly-- by age two-- could easily distinguish between the two and perform his own translations when prompted.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not a Practical Guide
Comment: For obvious reasons this book should be easy to read. Unfortunately it isn't, especially not if you're not English (and due to the theme of the book, at least one of two readers could be expected to be non English). The book is full of incredibly long sentences and woolly language and the constant use of terms like 'minority language' and 'majority language' is very confusing.
So far for the style. Now the content. Contrary to the subtitle it's not practical at all. One parent should speak one language, the other should speak the other, both should be consistent - that's the message that is repeated over and over again, and it's about the only practical advice you'll find here. The rest is a heap of possible situations without really valuable tips. Most of the comments from bilingual parents you'll read in this book seem out of context and are therefore not useful.
Why a 2 stars rating and not 1? The book was written with honest intentions and I think the authors did their best. But, Mr. Publisher, where was your editor?
Growing up with Two Languages is aimed at the many parents and professionals who feel uncertain about the best way to go about helping children in contact with more than one language and culture to gain maximum benefit from the situation.
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