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Raising a Bilingual Child (Living Language Series) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Barbara Zurer Pearson, Living Language
Publisher: Living Language
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 43032
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 1400023343
Dewey Decimal Number: 404.2083
EAN: 9781400023349
ASIN: 1400023343
Publication Date: April 15, 2008
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Product Description
If you would like your children to experience the benefits of becoming bilingual, but you aren’t sure how to teach them a second language, then Raising a Bilingual Child is the perfect step-by-step guide for you.
Raising a Bilingual Child provides parents with information, encouragement, and practical advice for creating a positive bilingual environment. It offers both an overview of why parents should raise their children to speak more than one language and detailed steps parents can take to integrate two languages into their child’s daily routine.
Raising a Bilingual Child also includes inspirational first-hand accounts from parents. It dispels the myth that bilingualism may hinder a child’s academic performance and explains that learning languages at a young age can actually enhance a child’s overall intellectual development.
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Easy to Read and Full of Great Academic Studies! June 25, 2008
Chapter Two on Learning a First Language is the best thing I have read on First Language Acquisition and I plan to tell the professors where I work that this is the text they should use for their courses on First and Second Language Acquisition (which I have taught for four years). The information is presented in a concise and easy to understand manner so that scholars and parents alike will find it useful and interesting. I think any parent or scholar would find this a useful resource whether they are looking to understand their child's development or trying to find research to back their claims on the benefits of bilingualism. This book is a gold mine of information backed in research. There is nothing that I have read so far on the market that explains all this in such detail and in such a easy way to understand. This is a must as a textbook for a class on language acquisition or as a manual for parents to use as a reference.
A SIGH OF RELIEF FOR ATTEMPTING TO BE BILINGUAL AT HOME
After reading the introduction and the first chapter on The benefits of Childhood Bilingualism, I breathed a sigh of relief. I did not know until reading this book that there were so many other parents like myself who did not grow up speaking another language, yet they are teaching a second language to their children. The book discusses the phenomenon of so many Americans in this generation having the opportunity to travel and experience other languages and cultures. This has created a niche of people in the U.S. who are raising their children with the values and languages they acquired abroad. I live in an English-Only state with everyone questioning my reasons for bringing up my daughter in the two languages of Spanish and English. It is nice to find a home for my feelings and know there is a larger community of people out there who are following in the same footsteps towards bilingualism. Thank you for giving me hope and appreciation for what I am attempting to do by publishing this book.
Exactly the Guide I Was Looking For June 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Barbara Zurer Pearson's book is a really wonderful piece of work. This is exactly the guide that I was looking for when we embarked on turning Nick and Tim into bilinguals 18 years ago! Raising a Bilingual Child manages to achieve the perfect balance of authoritativeness and readability for the parent reader.
The perfect baby shower book June 6, 2008
Raising a Bilingual Child (Living Language Series)
This book is a must-read for parents as well as teachers. Pearson explains all the why's and how's of child language development using the practical experiences of her large survey of families as well as her own expertise in bilingual research. Bilingualism is a huge advantage in life, and this book will inspire and reassure families and teachers who are raising and teaching bilingual children.
An invaluable resource for anybody interested in bilingualism and bilingual upbringing April 29, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is an excellent tool for anybody who wants to know about bilingual families and bilingual upbringing. The book explains in a very friendly way how language is acquired and the benefits as well as the misconceptions of children raised in bilingual environments. What makes this book unique is that the recommendations are based on research. A must have for anybody interested in language!
Treasure this book April 28, 2008
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
I loved reading Raising a Bilingual Child. Barbara Zurer Pearson's book is full of little treasures!
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