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基本説明
This book is for parents who live in a foreign country and intend to raise their children in their own heritage language(s). It offers helpful suggestions for this challenging situation and provides useful strategies in the daily interactions between parents and children.
Full Description
A long-term study of one trilingual family and how they negotiated language development.
This book is based on an eleven-year observation of two children who were simultaneously exposed to three languages from birth. It tells the story of two parents from different cultural, linguistic, and ethnic-racial backgrounds who joined to raise their two children with their heritage languages outside their native countries. It also tells the children's story and the way they negotiated three cultures and languages and developed a trilingual identity.
It sheds light on how parental support contributed to the children's simultaneous acquisition of three languages in an environment where the main input of the two heritage languages came respectively from the father and from the mother. It addresses the challenges and the unique language developmental characteristics of the two children during their trilingual acquisition process.
Contents
Prologue
Acknowledgement
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Complexity of Trilingualism
Chapter 2 In the Beginning
Chapter 3 The Home Years (Birth to Ages Three and Four)
Chapter 4 Transition from Home to Preschool and Kindergarten
Chapter 5 The Elementary School Years
Chapter 6 Identity and Personality Development: Children's Voices
Chapter 7 Concluding Remarks
Epilogue
Appendix: Useful Websites for Parents
