Mutilinguals are ...?
Publisher: Battlebridge Publications
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London (UK) & Colombo (Sri Lanka)
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781903292204
Description: Multilinguals are people who use several languages in their everyday life. Attitudes towards them are very diverse: some consider them gifted or unusually intelligent, while others fear that they are not fully competent in any one language. This can lead to conflicting advice about multilingualism at home, in school, and elsewhere, particularly nowadays when awareness about multilinguals is growing wherever several languages are used, from London and Amsterdam to New York and California.
This is the first book which discusses, in lay terms, the reasons behind the beliefs and myths traditionally associated with multilinguals. It is written for the general public and is relevant for families, teachers, and everyone else who ever wondered about multilingualism. The style is light, often witty, but is founded on a thorough knowledge of all the solid academic research on this subject.
Table of contents: label: Acknowledgements
title: v; label: Multilinguals are ...?
title: 1; title: It’s a multilingual world, but multilinguals are the odd ones out
pagenum: 5
label: 1; title: Multilinguals must have balanced languages, but one of them must be dominant
pagenum: 11
label: 2; title: Multilinguals must develop one main language, but that won’t let them develop other languages
pagenum: 17
label: 3; title: Multilinguals have no mother tongue, because they are not native speakers of any language
pagenum: 23
label: 4; title: Multilinguals can learn new languages easily, but only in childhood
pagenum: 27
label: 5; title: Multilingual competence means erasing signs of multilingualism from the speech of multilinguals
pagenum: 35
label: 6; title: Multilinguals don’t have many languages, they have many half-languages
pagenum: 41
label: 7; title: Becoming multilingual is both a drain and a strain on your brain
pagenum: 47
label: 8; title: Growing up multilingual is no problem, provided you seek clinical assistance
pagenum: 53
label: 9; title: In order to raise multilingual children, you must speak to them in only one language
pagenum: 59
label: 10; title: Multilingualism should be encouraged, but only in languages that matter
pagenum: 67
label: 11; title: Multilinguals are multilinguals because they are gifted for languages
pagenum: 73
label: 12; title: Multilingualism is a boon, but also a bane, or vice versa
pagenum: 79
label: 13; label: What are we talking about, really??
title: 85; label: Introducing Yuti
title: 87; label: Illustration credits
title: 89