New book from Multilingual Matters - Language Strategies for Bilingual Families by Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert

[Kathryn King]

Apologies for cross-postings

LANGUAGE STRATEGIES FOR BILINGUAL FAMILIES
The one-parent - one-language Approach

Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert

Suzanne has written a superbly clear and accessible account of the daily
challenges of family life with several languages.  Her recommendations
are substantiated by extensive research and show great insight into
children's language development.  I particularly enjoyed the numerous
case-studies of multilingual families, and I would warmly recommend this
book as the 21st Century guide to parents of multilingual children.
Helen Le Merle

Key Features
· Provides an inspiring approach to passing on two or more languages
· Family case studies give a fascinating insight into being a
multilingual family

Description
This book looks at how families can support and increase bilingualism
through planned strategies. One such strategy is the one person-one
language approach, where each parent speaks his or her language. Over a
hundred families from around the world were questioned and thirty
families were interviewed in-depth about how they pass on their language
in bilingual or trilingual families.

CONTENTS
Introduction 
CHAPTER 1:  The One-Parent-One Language Approach. What Is It?
CHAPTER 2: The First Three Years And Establishing The One-Parent-One
Language Approach
CHAPTER 3: Starting School And Becoming Bicultural - One-Culture-One-
Person? 
CHAPTER 4: Interaction Between Family Members And The One-Person-One
Language Approach
CHAPTER 5: One-Parent-One Language Families - Expectations And The
Reality
CHAPTER 7: Seven Strategies For Language Use Within The Family
CHAPTER 8: THE ONE-PARENT-ONE LANGUAGE APPROACH IN THE 21ST CENTURY
 
Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert is on the Editorial Board of the Bilingual
Family Newsletter. Married to a Frenchman with three young children she
has direct experience of bringing up children with two or three
languages. They have lived as an expatriate family in Hungry, Egypt and
Switzerland. Suzanne trained as a teacher of English as a second
language and taught adults and children in Japan and Poland. In 1999 she
completed a Master's dissertation on trilingual families and continues
to research bilingual and trilingual families.

Parents' and Teachers' Guides No. 7
May 2004        format 225 x 170mm      xv +  224 pp
Hbk ISBN 1-85359-715-5  £49.95 / US$79.95 / CAN$99.95
Pbk ISBN 1-85359-714-7  £14.95/ US$27.95/ CAN$39.95               

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