Proceedings of the 34th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development
Author | : Katie Franich |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781574730555 |
The 34th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development was held November 6-8, 2009, in Boston, MA. The proceedings contain 45 of the papers presented at the conference. The two-volume set covers a wide range of research in language acquisition and language development.
Bilingual First Language Acquisition
Author | : Annick De Houwer |
Publisher | : Multilingual Matters |
Total Pages | : 489 |
Release | : 2009-02-17 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1847696287 |
Increasingly, children grow up hearing two languages from birth. This comprehensive textbook explains how children learn to understand and speak those languages. It brings together both established knowledge and the latest findings about different areas of bilingual language development. It also includes new analyses of previously published materials. The book describes how bilingually raised children learn to understand and use sounds, words and sentences in two languages. A recurrent theme is the large degree of variation between bilingual children. This variation in how children develop bilingually reflects the variation in their language learning environments. Positive attitudes from the people in bilingual children's language learning 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.
Considering Trilingual Education
Author | : Kathryn Henn-Reinke |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2012-04-27 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1136447709 |
Based in case studies conducted in the US, Europe, and Latin America, this book explores the feasibility and benefits of trilingual/ multilingual education in the United States. Currently, there are few programs in the country of this nature, as educators tend to conclude that English-language learners would be overwhelmed by study in additional languages. Henn-Reinke builds an argument supporting trilingual education in the US, discussing issues of identity, curriculum, pedagogy, and the impact of other psycho-socio-linguistic factors.
Dennis Buses and Other Vehicles
Author | : Andy Goundry |
Publisher | : The Crowood Press |
Total Pages | : 489 |
Release | : 2020-03-23 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1785007084 |
The Dennis company has been building vehicles since 1895, making it the oldest continuously producing British manufacturer. From its origins in a small Guildford shop, the company has grown to become a major bus manufacturer with its products selling around the world. This book discusses the company's highs and lows, through two world wars, challenging markets and ownership changes. It documents the vehicles produced and their innovative design features, from early cars and street-cleaning machines to vans, buses, trucks, fire engines and ambulances. First-hand descriptions of how, and why, some of the company's most successful products such as the Dart, Trident and Enviro buses evolved. It explains why their once market-leading fire engines are no longer made. It also analyses the reasons why some products were less successful and explores what happened to parts of the company that were sold over the years. Finally, the company's future opportunities and challenges are considered. The author, Andy Goundry, has not only drawn on his own personal experience of almost twenty years of employment with the company but he has drawn on what is left of the company archives, private collections and first-hand accounts, to produce this book as a salutation of over 125 years of continuous manufacturing.
ADFL Bulletin
Author | : Association of Departments of Foreign Languages (U.S.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Language and languages |
ISBN | : |