Becoming Bilingual: Language Acquisition in a Bilingual Community by Jean Lyon (

Description: Becoming Bilingual by Jean Lyon This book is a longitudinal study of how children learn to use more than one language which addresses bilingual language development within families. It aims to examine how young children become bilingual, and to show what factors predict early childhood bilingualism. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Language is one of humanitys greatest achievements, yet one which virtually all children achieve remarkably quickly. How much more remarkable, therefore, when children learn not one but two languages! There are many single case studies describing children from families where determined parents adopt strategies to maximise their childrens chances of becoming bilingual. Many more children, whose parents speak a mixture of languages, also become bilingual without this extra help. How this occurs and why some children have more problems than others in a bilingual environment are some of the issues addressed by this book, which is a longitudinal study of how children learn to use more than one language. The family is assumed to be the key factor in these processes, and bilingual language development is placed firmly within an interactive context, as it is from this context that the development of childhood bilingualism can best be understood. Thus the aims of this book are to examine how young children become bilingual, and to show what factors predict early childhood bilingualism. Author Biography Dr Jean Lyon is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and an expert in the field of child and family relationships. She has made a long-term study of childrens communication and how they use language, and how language is used in the family setting. She is an honorary lecturer in Psychology at the University of Wales, Bangor, and is currently researching the incidence of a wide range of problems in bilingual children and their families. Table of Contents How do children acquire language?; where do you find bilingual cildren?; what is meant by childhood bilingualism?; how can child language be studied?; what language backgrounds are there?; what options do parents hold about how children use language and do they know what they are doing?; which parent has more influence on the language of the home; what predicts a childs language?; how do young children become bilingual?. Details ISBN1853593176 Author Jean Lyon Language English ISBN-10 1853593176 ISBN-13 9781853593178 Media Book Format Paperback Series Number 11 Year 1996 Subtitle Language Acquisition in a Bilingual Community Country of Publication United Kingdom Short Title BECOMING BILINGUAL Illustrations black & white illustrations Place of Publication Bristol Imprint Multilingual Matters Pages 288 DOI 10.1604/9781853593178 AU Release Date 1996-11-11 NZ Release Date 1996-11-11 UK Release Date 1996-11-11 Publisher Channel View Publications Ltd Series Bilingual Education & Bilingualism Publication Date 1996-11-11 Alternative 9781853593185 DEWEY 404.2 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161903206;

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