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Author(s): Virginie Raguenaud
ISBN(s): 9781857885262, 1857885260
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 1.63 MB
Year: 2009
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 1857885260
ISBN 13: 9781857885262
Author: Virginie Raguenaud

Includes 100 creative activities and strategies for the home and community! More and more people-hundreds of millions around the world-are living in bilingual homes. In the U.S. alone, more than 54 million people over the age of 5 speak a language other than English at home. Yet once children enter school, the pull toward one language becomes stronger and maintaining the bilingual advantage requires a serious family commitment – a bilingual choice. The good news is it’s worth it. Research shows that bilingual children are known to have more social, cultural and economic opportunities as they grow to adulthood and that learning a second language from birth can even result in protection against Alzheimer’s later in life. Bilingual By Choice provides families with specific activities, games and insights that will show them how to not only teach their kids more than one language but also to help their kids retain and develop those language skills. For parents, educators, immigrants and expatriates, Bilingual by Choice deals directly with the obstacles to sustaining a second language, including unsupportive relatives, issues at school, frequent relocations and discrimination, countering each one with the author’s firsthand experience with both sides of the growing-up-bilingual journey, as a child and as a parent. Commit to the choice, and help your children become bilingual – for life.

Bilingual By Choice Raising Kids in Two or more Languages 1st Table of contents:

CHAPTER 1 Getting Past the Misconceptions About Bilingualism
A Conscious Choice
Language Delay
Semilingualism
Language Overload
Special Needs
Taking Charge
CHAPTER 2 The Logistics of Raising Bilingual Children
Defining Your Goals
Language Strategies
When Children Mix Languages
Learning to Read
Keep Talking From Day One
Strategies in Public
Staying Flexible but Committed
CHAPTER 3 Introducing a Second Language to a School-Age Child
Transferring Skills from One Language to Another
ESL Classes
Unexpected Factors that Influence the Learning Curve
Helping Our Children Integrate
Maintaining and Progressing in the First Language
Peers
Working Together
CHAPTER 4 Challenges at Home
When Cultures Collide
All in the Family
Setbacks
Creating a Bilingual Home
CHAPTER 5 Schooling Options
Homeschooling
Dual-Language Programs
Developmental Bilingual Education Programs
Heritage Language Schools
Charter Schools
Attending School in the Home Country
CHAPTER 6 Bilingual
The Cost of Losing a Heritage Language
The Importance of Parent/Teacher Conferences
The Future of our Native Languages
Promising Changes
CHAPTER 7 The Benefits of Bilingualism (for extra motivation on days when the English-only movement doesn’t sound so unreasonable!)
Bonding as a Family
Academic Skills
Higher SAT Scores
Access to More Knowledge
Self-Esteem
A Balanced Cultural Identity
Global-Mindedness
College Preparation
Competitive Advantages in the Workplace
Intercultural Awareness
CHAPTER 8 Listen Up!—
Helpful Insights fromExperts in Childhood Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition and Encouraging Advice from Fellow Parents
CHAPTER 9 From Puppet Shows to Bilingual Scrabble: Activities to Enjoy with Your Kids at Home
Online Activities
CHAPTER 10 From Bilingual Storytime to Kids’ Language Clubs: Activities in Your Local Community

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