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Language Strategies for Trilingual Families: Parents´ Perspectives
Andreas Braun
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Description for Language Strategies for Trilingual Families: Parents´ Perspectives
Paperback. This book aims to enable parents in trilingual families to consider possible language strategies suited to their individual circumstances. It includes a tool for diagnostic self-analysis that will help each reader to identify their situation and learn how parents in similar situations have supported their children's use of languages. Series: Parents' and Teachers' Guides. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: CFDM; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 170 x 7. Weight in Grams: 206.
This book aims to enable parents in trilingual families to consider possible language strategies on the basis of analysing their individual circumstances. It includes a tool for diagnostic self-analysis that will help each reader to identify their situation and learn how parents in similar situations have approached the task of supporting their children’s use of languages. Based on a unique survey of parents in trilingual families in two European countries, the book highlights the challenges that trilingual families face when living in mainly monolingual societies. It takes into account the recent emergence of a 'New Trilingualism' among educated parents who ... Read more
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Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Parents' and Teachers' Guides
Condition
New
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783091140
SKU
V9781783091140
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Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Andreas Braun
Andreas Braun is Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care, University of Hertfordshire. He earned his doctorate in 2007 and is a member of the International Association of Multilingualism. During his research career, he has published journal articles and book chapters focusing on language practices of trilingual families with children, incomplete acquisition of heritage languages, ... Read more
Reviews for Language Strategies for Trilingual Families: Parents´ Perspectives
Through their interviews with trilingual families in the UK and Germany, the authors present a complex and multifaceted reality of the various beliefs and language practices of trilingual families. This unique book shows that there is no single pathway to becoming trilingual and that trilingualism is a dynamic process that constantly adapts to evolving circumstances.
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