Bringing Up a Bilingual Child
Title | Bringing Up a Bilingual Child PDF eBook |
Author | Rita Rosenback |
Publisher | Filament Publishing Limited |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 2014-06-10 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 9781910125243 |
'Bringing up a Bilingual Child' is aimed at (existing or soon-to-be) parents in families where more than one language is spoken, as well as anyone in the extended circle of family and friend of such multilingual families, as well as for anyone coming into contact with them. The aim of the book is to help multilingual families to create a supportive environment for children in which they naturally grow up to speak more than one language. The intention is to give you an easy-to-read-and-use guide to multilingual parenting, providing motivation, ideas, advice and answers to any questions parents may have.
The Language of Parenting
Title | The Language of Parenting PDF eBook |
Author | Sandra Schumer, M.A. |
Publisher | Xlibris Corporation |
Pages | 56 |
Release | 2014-10-17 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 1499084714 |
Because I love children, believe in children, and respect children, it is my hope that this parent guide will help you affect your child’s life to allow him or her to grow and develop in a healthy, happy environment and to help you enjoy the journey. Children are gifts and need the unconditional love and support from parents prepared to face the challenges of parenthood. Parenthood is a club you’ve joined without knowing the dues or bylaws. —Sandra Schumer
Raising Children Bilingually Through the 'one Parent-one Language' Approach
Title | Raising Children Bilingually Through the 'one Parent-one Language' Approach PDF eBook |
Author | Masae Takeuchi |
Publisher | Peter Lang |
Pages | 408 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9783039108534 |
Parents who come from different language backgrounds often hope that their children will be able to speak the languages of both their parents. In families where this is the goal, the 'one parent-one language' approach (Ronjat, 1913) is widely used. The 'one parent-one language' approach is relatively effective in promoting active bilingualism among young children in a society where there is little support for the minority language. However, there is a general perception that maintenance of the minority language into middle childhood and beyond is difficult as during this period children's contacts with the outside world expand and the input in the majority language increases. This book examines the sociolinguistic environment and the nature of parental input for children from Japanese-Australian families, who have been exposed to Japanese and English through the 'one parent-one language' approach in Australia. The research on which the book is based identifies factors which account for successful and unsuccessful cases of Japanese language maintenance of children from those families. The major part of this study involves discourse analysis of the conversations between four Japanese mothers and their primary school aged children based on audio-recordings over a period of 21 months. This qualitative approach is complemented by a quantitative study interviewing 25 Japanese mothers about their children's language experience.
Parenting Matters
Title | Parenting Matters PDF eBook |
Author | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 525 |
Release | 2016-12-21 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0309388546 |
Decades of research have demonstrated that the parent-child dyad and the environment of the familyâ€"which includes all primary caregiversâ€"are at the foundation of children's well- being and healthy development. From birth, children are learning and rely on parents and the other caregivers in their lives to protect and care for them. The impact of parents may never be greater than during the earliest years of life, when a child's brain is rapidly developing and when nearly all of her or his experiences are created and shaped by parents and the family environment. Parents help children build and refine their knowledge and skills, charting a trajectory for their health and well-being during childhood and beyond. The experience of parenting also impacts parents themselves. For instance, parenting can enrich and give focus to parents' lives; generate stress or calm; and create any number of emotions, including feelings of happiness, sadness, fulfillment, and anger. Parenting of young children today takes place in the context of significant ongoing developments. These include: a rapidly growing body of science on early childhood, increases in funding for programs and services for families, changing demographics of the U.S. population, and greater diversity of family structure. Additionally, parenting is increasingly being shaped by technology and increased access to information about parenting. Parenting Matters identifies parenting knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with positive developmental outcomes in children ages 0-8; universal/preventive and targeted strategies used in a variety of settings that have been effective with parents of young children and that support the identified knowledge, attitudes, and practices; and barriers to and facilitators for parents' use of practices that lead to healthy child outcomes as well as their participation in effective programs and services. This report makes recommendations directed at an array of stakeholders, for promoting the wide-scale adoption of effective programs and services for parents and on areas that warrant further research to inform policy and practice. It is meant to serve as a roadmap for the future of parenting policy, research, and practice in the United States.
One Parent, One Language
Title | One Parent, One Language PDF eBook |
Author | Susanne Döpke |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 1992-01-01 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9027241031 |
This volume examines the relationship between young children's degrees of bilingualism and features of the verbal input which these children receive from their parents. In particular, it seeks to explore the following question: to what extent are families who follow the 'one parent-one language' principle and whose children become active bilinguals this way, different from families who take the same approach but whose children never develop an active command of the minority language? Case studies of six first-born children growing up with German and English were done during the children's third year of life. The input the children received was examined for parents' consistency of language choice, parents' insistence that the children use the appropriate language, parents' sensitivity towards the children's interactional and attentional needs, and parents' orientation towards the teaching of formal aspects of the linguistic system. The findings support the notion that raising one's children bilingually according to the 'one parent-one language' principle involves great efforts on the side of the minority language-speaking parent. Importantly, they indicate that these efforts must be invested in the child's education turn-by-turn.
The Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies in Literacy
Title | The Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies in Literacy PDF eBook |
Author | Susan R. Easterbrooks |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 584 |
Release | 2020-11-02 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 0197508278 |
The Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies in Literacy brings together state-of-the-art research on literacy learning among deaf and hard of hearing learners (DHH). With contributions from experts in the field, this volume covers topics such as the importance of language and cognition, phonological or orthographic awareness, morphosyntactic and vocabulary understanding, reading comprehension and classroom engagement, written language, and learning among challenged populations. Avoiding sweeping generalizations about DHH readers that overlook varied experiences, this volume takes a nuanced approach, providing readers with the research to help DHH students gain competence in reading comprehension.
Relationships of the Chitimachan Linguistic Family
Title | Relationships of the Chitimachan Linguistic Family PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Noxon Toomey |
Publisher | |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 1914 |
Genre | Chitimacha language |
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