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100	1		_aBaker, Colin _d1949-
245	1	2	_aA Parents' and Teachers' Guide to Bilingualism / _cColin Baker.
250			_a4th ed.
260			_aToronto : _bMultilingual Matters, _c2014.
300			_axxvi, 257 p. : _bill. ; _c23 cm.
440			_aParents' and Teachers' Guides
500			_aVolume 1 in the Parents & Teachers' Guides series.
504			_aIncludes a table of contents, acknowledgements, a glossary and an index.
505			_aSECTION A: FAMILY QUESTIONS _tA1 What are the advantages of my child becoming bilingual? _tA2 Are some families better placed than others to produce bilingual children? _tA3 Is the mother more important than the father in the child ’s language development? _tA4 What happens if parents don’t agree that their children should become bilingual? _tA5 If we raise our child to be bilingual, will it affect our partnership/marriage? _tA6 My partner does not understand the language that I will speak to my child. Is this a problem? _tA7 What happens if grandparents and the extended family disapprove of bilingualism? _tA8 What is the ‘one person–one language’ (OPOL) approach? Is it effective? _tA9 I’m a one-parent family. How can I raise my child bilingually? _tA10 Neither of us speaks a second language. How can we help our child become bilingual? _tA11 My children get little practice in speaking one of their languages outside the family. What should I do? _tA12 When watching television, should my child be encouraged to listen to one language or both languages? _tA13 My children can speak two languages. How can I help them belong to two cultures? _tA14 How important is it that the child’s two languages are practised and supported outside the home? _tA15 What kind of community support is valuable for bilingualism? _tA16 My neighbours think we should integrate more which means using a different language from the home. Should we keep separate or integrate? _tA17 Can I learn a second language alongside my child? _tA18 We have just moved to a different country. Should we speak the host country’s language in the home to help our children? _tA19 What should our language strategy be with an adopted child? _tA20 I speak two languages fairly fluently – which should I choose to speak to my child? _tA21 I would like to speak my first language to my child but I have got out of the habit of using it. Can I do anything to get back in the habit? _tA22 My partner won’t understand the language that I will be using to speak to my child. Is this a problem?
505			_aSECTION B: LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS _tB1 What are the most important factors in raising a bilingual child? _tB2 Do some children find it easier than others to become bilingual? _tB3 Does bilingual development start in the fetal stage? _tB4 Is it easier to become bilingual as a young child? _tB5 How early do bilingual children recognize that they have two languages? _tB6 Is it better for my child to learn a language early to secure better storage in the brain? _tB7 Will my child become equally fluent in two languages? _tB8 Is it better to develop two languages together or one language later than the other? _tB9 How do I know my child’s language development in each language is normal and acceptable? _tB10 Will learn a second language interfere with development in the first language? _tB11 Are there benefits even if my child has a less well-developed second language? _tB12 What effect will bilingualism have on my child’s intelligence? _tB13 I want my children to be successful. Should I concentrate on developing their first/majority language skills? _tB14 Should my child keep the two languages separate in different situations and with different people (e.g. visitors)? _tB15 Should my child use two languages with the same person? _tB16 Will my child’s attitudes affect the learning of a second language? _tB17 Is it sensible to raise my child multilingually? _tB18 Do bilinguals learn a third language easier than monolinguals learn a second language? _tB19 Do girls and boys differ in their progress towards bilingualism and biliteracy? _tB20 Are first-borns different to later-borns in developing bilingualism? _tB21 My child mixes their two languages. Is this normal? _tB22 Does switching between languages have any value or purpose? _tB23 When will my bilingual child be able to interpret and translate from one language to another? _tB24 How much will experience of majority language mass media affect the development of bilingualism in my child? _tB25 Can music and drama help my child’s bilingual development? _tB26 Will computers and information technology affect my child’s bilingualism? _tB27 How important are employment prospects to preserve my child’s languages into adulthood? _tB28 I need to change the language(s) I’ve used with my children. How will it affect them?
505			_aSECTION C: QUESTIONS ABOUT PROBLEMS _tC1 What are the disadvantages of my child becoming bilingual? _tC2 My child mixes the two languages. What should I do? _tC3 My child refuses to use one of his/her languages. What should I do? _tC4 My teenage child is speaking the majority language more and more. What can I do? _tC5 The balance of my child’s two languages seems to be shifting. How can I ensure one language doesn’t disappear? _tC6 Will my child learn two languages only half as well as a monolingual child? _tC7 Will my child’s thinking be affected by being bilingual? _tC8 Does bilingualism have an effect on the functioning of the brain? _tC9 Will my bilingual children have a problem of identity with two different cultures? _tC10 Will my identity change if I raise children to be bilingual and bi(multi)cultural? _tC11 What will happen to our identity if we move to live in another country? _tC12 Will bilingualism have any adverse effect on my child ’s personality? _tC13 Will bilingualism have any adverse effect on my child ’s friendships and social development? _tC14 My child seems to have learning difficulties. Is this due to bilingualism? _tC15 My child seems to have an emotional/ behavioural problem. Is this caused by bilingualism? _tC16 My child has a specific diagnosed problem (e.g. severe learning difficulty, language disorder, emotional problem). Should we change to speaking one language to the child rather than two languages? What language should I speak to my child? _tC17 My child stutters. Is this caused or made worse by bilingualism? _tC18 My child is autistic or has Asperger’s syndrome. Should we use one language only with the child? _tC19 People make fun of our speaking a minority language. How should I react? _tC20 People around me are prejudiced and racist. Should we as a family switch to speaking only the majority language? _tC21 I’m a recent immigrant to a country. Should I stop speaking my native language and switch to the first language of that country? _tC22 My second language is not perfect. Should I speak it to my child? _tC23 A local professional (e.g. a doctor, psychologist, speech therapist, teacher) advised me against bilingualism. Is this correct? _tC24 Do teenagers suffer or gain if their parents come from different language and cultural backgrounds (mixed language marriages)? _tC25 What are the most common reasons that children raised in a multilingual setting do not achieve functional multilingualism?
505			_aSECTION D: READING AND WRITING QUESTIONS _tD1 Should my child learn to read in one language first? _tD2 Will learning to read in a second language interfere with reading in the first language? _tD3 If the two languages have different scripts, will learning to read and write be a problem? _tD4 Can a child learn to be literate in three languages? _tD5 When should a child begin to read in a second language? _tD6 How should I help my child to read and write in both languages? _tD7 Which approach to teaching reading works best? The ‘look and say’, ‘phonemic awareness’, ‘phonics’, ‘whole language’ or what approach? _tD8 Should I buy books for my child to read that contain two languages or just one language? _tD9 How can I locate books for my child to read in each language? _tD10 Will my child find it hard to write in two different languages? _tD11 My child seems slow in learning to read. Is this due to bilingualism? _tD12 My child has problems with spelling. Is this due to bilingualism? _tD13 My child has been diagnosed as dyslexic. Should we develop reading and writing in one language and not two?
505			_aSECTION E: EDUCATION QUESTIONS
505			_aBasic Education Questions _tE1 How can a pre-school playgroup or nursery school support children’s bilingualism? _tE2 What are the language features of an effective pre-school or nursery school to support my child’s bilingualism? _tE3 Should my child go to a bilingual school? _tE4 What should I look out for in choosing a school for my bilingual child? _tE5 Should my child be taught bilingually in the primary school but not in the secondary school? _tE6 I do not speak the language used at my child’s school. How can I help my children with their homework? _tE7 The language of the university is different from that of the secondary school. Will my child suffer because they have not been educated in the language used at the university? _tE8 Should older children not be placed in bilingual education? _tE9 Is there a ‘critical age’ when children shouldn’t be moved to a school with a different language pattern in the curriculum? _tE10 My children can hold a conversation in a second language. Is that sufficient for them to be taught in that language at school? _tE11 My child is learning through a second language at school. Should we change our language pattern at home? _tE12 How easy or difficult will it be for my children to find a job if they are bilingual? _tE13 My child is being offered lessons as a beginner at school in a language they already speak fluently at home – what should I do? _tE14 Is Home Education a good option for a multilingual family?
505			_aTypes of Bilingual Education _tE15 What types of bilingual education exist? _tE16 What are Dual Language schools? _tE17 What are Dual Language Peace schools? _tE18 What are International schools? _tE19 What is the European Schools Movement? _tE20 What is Heritage Language Bilingual Education? _tE21 What is Transitional Bilingual Education? _tE22 What is Immersion Bilingual Education? _tE23 What are the main classroom features of successful immersion programs? _tE24 What language strategies are used in immersion classrooms? _tE25 What is Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)? _tE26 What is the new form for Intensive Second Language Immersion at the end of elementary schooling? _tE27 What is a Withdrawal class for extra language support? _tE28 What does Scaffolding mean, and why is it important in supporting language learners in school? _tE29 What kind of education should I give my child if we regularly move to different countries? _tE30 What are Saturday Schools and Voluntary Schools outside regular school hours, and how valuable are they in the development of a minority or second language?
505			_aAchievement and Underachievement Questions _tE31 Will my child’s performance in school be affected by being bilingual? _tE32 Are there positive effects of learning through the medium of two languages? _tE33 My child is learning through a new language. Will this affect attainment at school? _tE34 My child’s school teaches through the minority language. Will this affect my child’s development in the majority language? _tE35 Speakers of our home language are often poor and unemployed. Should we ensure our child is educated in the majority language to aid employment prospects? _tE36 My child seems to be underachieving at school. Is this because of bilingualism? _tE37 Should my child be placed in a Bilingual Special Education Programme? _tE38 My child is suffering in school because other children tease him/her about speaking another language. What can I do?
505			_aLanguage in the Classroom _tE39 Will my child be able to learn a new language thoroughly in the school system? _tE40 How should two languages be distributed in a bilingual classroom? _tE41 What is ‘Translanguaging’? _tE42 Should Science and Mathematics be taught in an international language such as English? _tE43 My child’s school doesn’t support bilingualism and there is no bilingual school nearby. What should I do? _tE44 Which language should be used to test/assess/counsel a bilingual child? What should be the nature of such assessment? _tE45 Are teachers trained to help bilingual children?
505			_aSECTION F: CONCLUDING QUESTIONS _tF1 The economy and politics of the world is changing. Is there a future for bilingualism? _tF2 Are monolinguals more common than bilinguals in the world? _tF3 Why are many politicians against bilingualism and bilingual education? _tF4 Is bilingualism a natural right of any individual? _tF5 Does my child have a right to bilingual education (e.g. in law, a natural right)? _tF6 Language is an important part of our religion. Should my child learn a second language for this purpose? _tF7 I use a particular dialect/a Creole/a Pidgin language in the home. Is your advice about raising a bilingual child different or similar? _tF8 I have a Deaf child. Is your advice about raising a bilingual child different or similar? _tF9 Books on child care and child development warn me against bilingualism. How should I react? _tF10 How do I contact other parents in a similar situation? _tF11 Is the internet going to affect my child’s bilingualism? _tF12 How do I find out more information about bilingualism?
505			_aGlossary
505			_aIndex
520			_a''In this accessible guide to bilingualism in the family and the classroom, Colin Baker delivers a realistic picture of the joys and difficulties of raising bilingual children. The Q&A format of this book makes it the natural choice for the busy parent or teacher who needs an easy reference guide to the most frequently asked questions. This revised edition includes more information on bilingualism in the digital age, and incorporates the latest research in areas such as neonatal language experience, multilingualism, language mixing and the effect that siblings have on family language choice.'' (Book Cover)
650		0	_aBilingualism in children _xHandbooks, manuals, etc.
650		0	_aEducation _vBilingual.
650		0	_aBilingual education _xHandbooks, manuals, etc.
650		0	_aBilingualism in children _xMiscellanea.
650		0	_aChildren _xLanguage.
650		0	_aBilingualism in children.
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