| Author | : Ellen Bialystok |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 2001-04-16 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 9780521635073 |
Describes how intellectual development of bilingual children differs from that of monolingual children.
Bilingual Development in Childhood
| Author | : Annick De Houwer |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 155 |
| Release | : 2021-05-13 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 1108853838 |
In the first decade of life, children become bilingual in different language learning environments. Many children start learning two languages from birth (Bilingual First Language Acquisition). In early childhood hitherto monolingual children start hearing a second language through daycare or preschool (Early Second Language Acquisition). Yet other hitherto monolingual children in middle childhood may acquire a second language only after entering school (Second Language Acquisition). This Element explains how these different language learning settings dynamically affect bilingual children's language learning trajectories. All children eventually learn to speak the societal language, but they often do not learn to fluently speak their non-societal language and may even stop speaking it. Children's and families' harmonious bilingualism is threatened if bilingual children do not develop high proficiency in both languages. Educational institutions and parental conversational practices play a pivotal role in supporting harmonious bilingual development.
Bilingual Development and Literacy Learning
| Author | : Norbert FRANCIS |
| Publisher | : City University of HK Press |
| Total Pages | : 275 |
| Release | : 2012-07-01 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 9629372053 |
A major part of this book is devoted to the presentation of a series of proposals for collaborative research with investigators working in East Asia on cross-writing system comparisons and bilingual literacy - comparing alphabetic and morpho-syllabic literacy.
Designing Research on Bilingual Development
| Author | : Monika S. Schmid |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 114 |
| Release | : 2015-07-24 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 3319115294 |
This volume offers an in-depth description and discussion of research design for a large-scale investigation of bilingual development. It introduces and justifies a range of theoretical and methodological innovations, discusses some of the problems that come with these and proposes practical solutions. The present volume introduces a research design intended to capture a wide range of linguistic data, elicited by means of behavioral tasks, neuroimageing data and free speech from both second language learners and first language attriters of two languages (Dutch and German) representing a wide range of language combinations and ages of onset. Gathering and analyzing such a range of data comes with a multiplicity of problems, many of them linked to the fact that similar tests have to be designed across a range of languages and measurements will have to occur in various locations. The current volume presents a research design appropriate to these questions, discussing the methodological challenges of such a study. It offers advice on how to construct experimental materials which are parallel across different languages set up a protocol for additional measures which can be applied across a wide range of participants combine data from different labs when using different ERP equipment and different eyetrackers.
Bilingualism in Development
| Author | : Ellen Bialystok |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 2001-03-19 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 9780521632317 |
Bilingualism in Development describes research on the intellectual development of bilingual children, showing how it is different from that of monolingual children. The focus is on preschool children, examining how they learn language, how they acquire literacy skills, and how they develop problem-solving ability in different domains. It is unique in that it assembles a wide range of research on children's development and interprets it within an analysis of how bilingualism affects that development. It is the only book to interpret this large research from a single theoretical perspective, leading to coherent conclusions.
Input and Experience in Bilingual Development
| Author | : Theres Grüter |
| Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 215 |
| Release | : 2014-10-15 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9027269459 |
Children acquiring two languages, either simultaneously or sequentially, have more variation in their linguistic input than their monolingual peers. Understanding the nature and consequences of this variability has been the focus of much recent research on childhood bilingualism. This volume constitutes the first collection of research solely dedicated to the topic of input in childhood bilingualism. Chapters represent a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of childhood bilingualism, covering a variety of language combinations and sociocultural contexts in Europe, Israel, North and South America. As a reflection of the field’s current understanding of the intricate relationship between experience and development in children growing up with two or more languages, this volume will be of interest to scholars and practitioners working with bi- and multilingual learners in various sociolinguistic and educational contexts.
An Introduction to Bilingualism
| Author | : Jeanette Altarriba |
| Publisher | : Psychology Press |
| Total Pages | : 409 |
| Release | : 2011-02-11 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 1135608520 |
This important text provides a general overview of the methods and theories used in the broad domain of bilingualism. The unique interdisciplinary approach, which is reflected in the various topics covered, gives students a global picture of the field. Topics range from early childhood intellectual development to educational and social-cognitive challenges to the maturing bilingual brain. Important developing areas such as cognitive aging, creativity, the social and cultural context perspective, communication disorders and sentence processing are also covered within the volume. This text is aimed towards undergraduate courses and graduate courses in psycholinguistics, especially those with an emphasis on bilingualism or second language learning.
An Introduction to Bilingual Development
| Author | : Annick De Houwer |
| Publisher | : Multilingual Matters |
| Total Pages | : 163 |
| Release | : 2009-05-27 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1847696309 |
Increasingly, children grow up hearing two languages from birth. This introductory textbook shows how children learn to understand and speak those languages against the backdrop of their language learning environments. A narrative around the bilingual development of four young children with different language profiles helps to explain the latest research findings in a lively and accessible manner. The narrative describes how bilingually raised children learn to understand and use sounds, words and sentences in two languages, and how they are able to use each of their languages in socially appropriate ways. Positive attitudes towards bilingual development from the people in bilingual children's environments and their recognition that child bilingualism is not monolingualism-times-two are the main ingredients ensuring that children grow up to be happy and expert speakers of two languages.
Bilinguality and Bilingualism
| Author | : Josiane F. Hamers |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 486 |
| Release | : 2000-02-17 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 9780521648431 |
This updated and revised edition of Hamers and Blanc's successful textbook presents state-of-the-art knowledge about languages in contact from individual bilingualism (or bilinguality) to societal bilingualism. It is both multi- and interdisciplinary in approach, and analyses bilingualism at individual, interpersonal, and societal levels. Linguistic, cognitive and sociocultural aspects of bilingual development are explored, as are problems such as bilingual memory and polyglot aphasia. Hamers and Blanc analyse the relationship between culture, identity, and language behaviour in multicultural settings, as well as the communication strategies in interpersonal and intergroup relations. They also propose theoretical models of language processing and development, which are then applied to bilingual behaviour. Other topics reviewed include language shift, pidgins and creoles, language planning and bilingual education. This book will be invaluable to students, teachers and scholars interested in languages in contact in a range of disciplines including psycholinguistics, linguistics, the social sciences, education and language planning.
