bilingual references for parents

[Susan Graham]

Many thanks to all those who responded to my request
for recommended references for parents on bilingualism.

Below is a summary of all the references for books, articles,
and other resources for parents.

Susan Graham



Books:

Arnberg, L. Raising Children Bilingually: The Pre-school Years.
Clevedon, Avon: Multilingual Matters

Baker. C. (1995). A parents' and teachers' guide to bilingualism.
Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.

Baker, C. (1999). Encyclopedia on bilingualism

Cunningham-Andersson, U. & Andersson, S. (1999). Growing up with two
languages - A practical guide.   Routledge.

Dopke, S. (1992).  One parent-one language:  an interactional approach.
Benjamins.

Grosjean, F. (1982). Life with two languages. Harvard University Press

Harding, E. & Riley, P.  (1986), The Bilingual Family. A Handbook for
Parents,
Cambridge: Cambridge U.P.

Hoffman, E. (1990) Lost in Translation, Penguin Books.

Lyon, J. (1996).  Becoming bilingual.  Language acquisition in a
bilingual community.  Multilingual Matters

Saunders, G. (1982). Bilingual Children: Guidance for the family.
Multilingual Matters.

Tabors, P. (1996) One Child, Two Languages: A guide for preschool
educators of children learning English as a second language (Brookes
Publishing, Baltimore, MD and amazon.com).

Taeschner, T. The sun is feminine


Articles

Bain, B. & A. Yu (1980).  Cognitive consequences of raising children
bilingually:  'one parent-one language'.  Canadian Journal of Psychology

34: 304-313.

Caldas, Stephen J., and Suzanne Caron-Caldas. 1992.  Rearing children in
a monolingual culture: a Louisiana experience. In American Speech 67.3
(Fall 1992). (Also, in Clark, Eschholz and Rosa. 1998. Language:
Readings in language and culture, 6th ed. New York: St. Martin's Press.)

De Houwer, A. (1998) Two or More Languages in Early Childhood. Some
General Points and Practical Recommendations. Available on the web
through Http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/earlychild.html

Dopke, S. (1998).  Can the principle of 'one person-one language' be
disregarded as unrealistically elitist?  Australian Review of Applied
Linguistics.

Resources:

Bilingual Family Newsletter, Multilingual Matters Ltd,  Frankfurt Lodge
Clevedon Hall, Victoria Road  Clevedon, Avon BS21 7SJ England
fax: 44(0)75 343096
http://www.multi.demon.co.uk/journals.htm

Bilingual Parents Forum:

http://www.nethelp.no/cindy/biling-fam.html