Bilingual By Choice
Raising Kids in Two (or more!) Languages
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
7 May 2010
Summary
More and more people-hundreds of millions around the world-are living in bilingual homes. In the U.S. alone, more than 54 million people over the age of 5 speak a language other than English at home. Yet once children enter school, the pull toward one language becomes stronger and maintaining the bilingual advantage requires a serious family commitment-a bilingual choice. The good news is it’s worth it.
Research shows that bilingual children are known to have more social, cultural and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781857885262 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1857885260 |
| Author: | Virginie Raguenaud |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Business |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 7 May 2010 |
| Weight: | 268g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 140mm x 214mm |
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Critics Review
Virginie Raguenaud is bilingual by choice and wants her children to be so too. Bravo, Virginie, for showing us the way to helping our children retain their language heritage as they grow.
Virginie Raguenaud is bilingual by choice and wants her children to be so too. Bravo, Virginie, for showing us the way to helping our children retain their language heritage as they grow. - Joshua A. Fishman, PhD, Professor Emeritus at Yeshiva University and Stanford University
An amazing book exactly what countless parents in our globalizing world have been looking for! As more and more bicultural and bilingual families form, the issues Virginie Raguenaud addresses become increasingly urgent. Not only does she dispel common anxiety-producing myths, but she also gives clear, practical ways for how parents can help their children develop fluency in each heritage language.Virginie Raguenaud
Born and raised in France, educated in the United States, Canada and Russia, Virginie Raguenaud is currently raising bilingual twin girls with her husband in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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