Overview

Offers support and guidance to tackle the realities of living in a bi-or multilingual family. This essential guide for parents raising their children multilingually has proved an invaluable source of support and advice in the 20 years since its first publication. An English language teacher, independent researcher and mother of three more-or-less bilingual children, Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert brings her professional and personal experience to this realistic yet inspirational guide to the One-Parent-One-Language approach to childhood bilingualism. The book also contains the experiences of more than 100 families from around the world, reflecting a wide range of languages and cultures. This second edition has been updated to reflect the latest research on childhood language learning and use, and provides parents with suggestions for up-to-date and accessible resources and further reading. 

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9781788921404

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The second edition of this book is just as valuable as the first, but with the addition of updated content that reflects how our understanding of bilingualism within the OPOL model has evolved over the last 20 years. For families contemplating any version of OPOL, this is a must-have resource. * Eowyn Crisfield, Oxford Collaborative for Multilingualism in Education, UK * Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert is a pioneer and a major figure in the field of language strategies for multilingual families. In this book she combines outstanding academic knowledge on the topic with rich personal experience as a mother of three bilingual children. She offers great advice to (future) parents of multilingual children on how to handle the linguistic challenges and how to assure the best possible outcome. * Jean-Marc Dewaele, VIZJA University, Poland; University College London, UK; Birkbeck, University of London, UK *

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Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert is the mother of three more-or-less bilingual children and teaches English as a Foreign Language in Paris, France. She has published two books on bilingual families, and regularly presents her work to teachers and parents.

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