Life as a Bilingual
Title | Life as a Bilingual PDF eBook |
Author | François Grosjean |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 355 |
Release | 2021-06-03 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1108982344 |
About half the world's population knows and uses two or more languages in everyday life, and an increasing number of parents are raising their children bilingual. This makes a resource on what it means to become and be bilingual all the more necessary. This book brings together a selection of posts from the author's highly successful Psychology Today blog, grouped by topic into 15 chapters. The topics covered include, among others, what it means to be bilingual, the extent of bilingualism, how someone becomes bilingual, how bilingualism is fostered in the family, the bilingual mind and brain, and bilingualism across the lifespan. It also includes the author's lively interviews with other experts, delving into their research and their own experience as bilinguals. Written in a highly engaging, readable style, this book is suitable for anyone who wants to better understand those who live with two or more languages.
Life as a Bilingual
Title | Life as a Bilingual PDF eBook |
Author | François Grosjean |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 355 |
Release | 2021-06-03 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1108838642 |
A book on those who know and use two or more languages: Who are they? How do they do it?
On Bilinguals and Bilingualism
Title | On Bilinguals and Bilingualism PDF eBook |
Author | François Grosjean |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 205 |
Release | 2024-01-31 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1009210416 |
Discover François Grosjean's numerous contributions to the field of bilingualism over a span of some 40 years.
Bilingual
Title | Bilingual PDF eBook |
Author | François Grosjean |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 300 |
Release | 2010-04-15 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780674048874 |
Whether in family life, social interactions, or business negotiations, half the people in the world speak more than one language every day. Yet many myths persist about bilingualism and bilinguals. In a lively and entertaining book, an international authority on bilingualism explores the many facets of life with two or more languages.
The Mysteries of Bilingualism
Title | The Mysteries of Bilingualism PDF eBook |
Author | François Grosjean |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 2022-02-16 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1119602416 |
Eleven critical issues in the study of bilingualism: Insightful analyses by renowned expert François Grosjean The majority of people living around the world today are able to speak more than one language, yet many aspects of the nature and experience of bilingualism raise unresolved questions for researchers. Who exactly is bilingual? What is the extent of bilingualism? How do infant bilinguals who acquire two languages at the same time manage to separate them? Does language processing work differently when bilinguals are interacting with monolinguals and with bilinguals? When a speaker changes their language, do they also change aspects of their personality? In The Mysteries of Bilingualism, eminent scholar François Grosjean provides a comprehensive examination of individual bilingualism that delves into unanswered questions and challenges many of the myths and misconceptions surrounding bilingualism. Through insightful analyses of eleven key questions, this book offers a unique combination of personal reflection, literature review, personal testimony, and case studies to explore these mysteries. Altogether, this text offers: Comprehensive explorations of the linguistic aspects of bilingualism, including who is bilingual, describing bilinguals, accented speech, and language loss Practical discussions of speech and language processing, including language choice and mixed speech perception and production In-depth examinations of personality and culture in relation to bilingualism and biculturalism Perfect for undergraduate and graduate students of bilingualism, multilingualism, second language acquisition, and applied linguistics, The Mysteries of Bilingualism offers an up-to-date view of the leading research questions in the study of bilingualism today.
Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
Title | Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism PDF eBook |
Author | Colin Baker |
Publisher | Multilingual Matters |
Pages | 692 |
Release | 2021-03-08 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1788929918 |
The seventh edition of this bestselling textbook has been extensively revised and updated to provide a comprehensive and accessible introduction to bilingualism and bilingual education in an everchanging world. Written in a compact and clear style, the book covers all the crucial issues in bilingualism and multilingualism at individual, group and societal levels. Updates to the new edition include: Thoroughly updated chapters with over 500 new citations of the latest research. Six chapters with new titles to better reflect their updated content. A new Chapter 16 on Deaf-Signing People, Bilingualism/Multilingualism, and Bilingual Education. The latest demographics and other statistical data. Recent developments in and limitations of brain imaging research. An expanded discussion of key topics including multilingual education, codeswitching, translanguaging, translingualism, biliteracy, multiliteracies, metalinguistic and morphological awareness, superdiversity, raciolinguistics, anti-racist education, critical post-structural sociolinguistics, language variation, motivation, age effects, power, and neoliberal ideologies. Recent US policy developments including the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Seal of Biliteracy, Proposition 58, LOOK Act, Native American Languages Preservation Act, and state English proficiency standards and assessments consortia (WIDA, ELPA21). New global examples of research, policy, and practice beyond Europe and North America. Technology and language learning on the internet and via mobile apps, and multilingual language use on the internet and in social media. Students and Instructors will benefit from updated chapter features including: New bolded key terms corresponding to a comprehensive glossary Recommended readings and online resources Discussion questions and study activities
The Multiple Realities of Multilingualism
Title | The Multiple Realities of Multilingualism PDF eBook |
Author | Elka Todeva |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter |
Pages | 315 |
Release | 2009-12-15 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 3110224488 |
This book is the very first collection of first-person language learning narratives that offers rich introspective data on the various processes and forces shaping the development and maintenance of multiple languages (seven and more) in a single individual. The writers are twelve multilinguals who have been influenced by quite different contextual factors and who have learned a wide range and combination of dialects and languages from both similar and very different linguistic families. The combinations explored in the narratives include some lesser-known languages that come from under-researched areas, such as the African continent, certain parts of Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. Also unique are two theoretical chapters which analyze the narrative data against the background of language development research findings within several thematic areas: multiple language learning as a complex dynamic system; the influence of bilingualism/multilingualism on the acquisition of additional languages; cross-linguistic influence; and also emotions, motivation, and identity. The aim of this juxtaposition and analysis is to allow a meaningful comparison of the extent to which etic, researcher-generated, and emic, learner-offered perspectives match or diverge, and to identify new questions that the emic data may add to research agendas. The book is an excellent resource not only for researchers but also for teachers as well as for students of language at the graduate and undergraduate level.