Childhood bilingualism : Research on infancy through school age /

Other Authors: McCardle, Peggy D., Hoff, Erika,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Clevedon, UK Buffalo, N.Y.: Multilingual Matters, c 2006
Series:Child language and child development ; 7
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1 Processing two languages, Bilingual speech processing in infants and adults, When infants hear two languages : interpreting research on early speech perception by bilingual children, The onset of word form recognition in one language and in two, Part 2 Learning two languages, Bilingual first language acquisition in perspective, Social factors in bilingual development : the Miami experience, Part 3 Literacy in two languages, Developing literacy in English-language learners : an examination of the impact of English-only versus bilingual instruction, Bilingualism at school : effect on the acquisition of literacy, Part 4 Perspectives on childhood bilingualism from related fields, Adult bilingualism and bilingual development, Finding the points of contact : language acquisition in children raised in monolingual, bilingual, and multilingual environment, Part 5 Closing comments, Multiple perspectives on research on childhood bilingualism, An agenda for research on childhood bilingualism.