how to do the research--new book on bilingualism research

[Barbara Zurer Pearson]

Dear Jmlee,

There are now many people around the world doing research on childhood 
bilingualism.  It will help to know more specifically what questions about 
the phenomenon are of interest to you in order to steer you in the right 
direction.

AS IT HAPPENS, I have just written (!) a book on raising bilingual children. 
It is aimed at parents, but it also makes a good overview of research in the 
field which I hope will be useful to people who work with children and as an 
introduction for students.  (Dear Infochildes Colleagues--I did not put 
jmlee53 up to asking this!)  The book is called Raising a Bilingual Child 
and will be released by Random House April 15 (but it is already *available 
for pre-order* on Amazon at a discounted price: 
http://www.amazon.com/Raising-Bilingual-Child-Living-Language/dp/1400023343/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205239637&sr=8-2 ) 
(Those who want to support their independent bookstore can no doubt begin 
asking for it there, too.)

You can see some comments (or "advance praise") from several people who have 
read the book here: http://www.umass.edu/aae/bp_indexold.htm (click "book 
blurbs")  The 23 pages of endnotes, which supplement the abbreviated notes 
in the book, are already on my website under "Publications."

A party and book launch will take place here in Amherst on April 27.  I was 
going to be writing to InfoChildes *soon* to solicit other people's 
suggestions for how to publicize the book.  Thank you for giving me an 
"opening."  I would like to hear more details about your and your child's 
experience, and I am more than willing to explore with you where you can 
learn more about this, and perhaps begin some research of your own.

Best wishes,

Barbara
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Barbara Zurer Pearson, Ph.D.
Research Associate,
Depts of Linguistics and Communication Disorders
226 South College
University of Massachusetts
Amherst MA 01003

Tel: 413-545-5023
Fax: 413-545-2792

bpearson at research.umass.edu
www.umass.edu/aae/bp_indexold.htm


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jimlee53" <jimlee53 at hotmail.com>
To: "Info-CHILDES" <info-childes at googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:41 AM
Subject: how to do the research


>
> My daught began learning both Chinese and English
> at the age of 7 months old. Now she is  11 years old.
> She is a bilingual child.She can speak both Chinese
> and English very fluently. And  she likes watching Disney
> DVDs. Although i have read some books about SLA,
> I still don't know how to do research about this phenomenon.
> Any experts are so kind to guide me ?  Thanks.
> Contact: jimlee53 at hotmail.com
> >
> 


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