Title: Raising a bilingual child
First published: 2008
Description: If you would like your children to experience the benefits of becoming bilingual, but you aren't sure how to teach them a second language, then Raising a Bilingual Child is the perfect step-by-step guide for you.Raising a Bilingual Child provides parents with information, encouragement, and practical advice for creating a positive bilingual environment. It offers both an overview of why parents should raise their children to speak more than one language and detailed steps parents can take to integrate two languages into their child's daily routine. Raising a Bilingual Child also includes inspirational first-hand accounts from parents. It dispels the myth that bilingualism may hinder a child's academic performance and explains that learning languages at a young age can actually enhance a child's overall intellectual development.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Subjects: Study and teaching, Second language acquisition, Bilingualism in children, Parent participation, Bilingual method, Language and languages, Family & Relationships, Nonfiction, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Child care & upbringing, Family / Parenting / Childbirth, Child Care/Parenting, Bilingual Education, Education, Parenting - General, Family & Relationships / Parenting, Child Development, Language and languages, study and teaching, bilingual method, Parent and child
LC classification: P115.2 .P43 2008