Bilingualism

Written in a very reader-friendly style, the book is a practical introduction for parents and teachers to bilingualism. Straightforward and realistic answers are given to a comprehensive set of frequently asked questions about bilingualism and bilingual education. Areas covered include family, language, culture, identity, reading , writing, schooling and issues.

In the third edition, there is new or more detailed consideration of:

• Moving between countries, cultural adaptation

• Identity issues

• One parent - one language (OPOL) families

• Pre schools / kindergartens / nursery schools

• Helping with homework

• Dyslexia

• Language scaffolding

• Multilingualism and trilingualism; trilingual families

• Adoption

• WWW links, articles and books for further reading