Family Language Learning


Book Description

Family Language Learning is a practical guide designed to support, advise and encourage any parents who are hoping to raise their children bilingually. It is unique in that it focuses on parents who are not native speakers of a foreign language. It gives parents the tools they need to cultivate and nurture their own language skills while giving their children an opportunity to learn another language. The book combines cutting-edge research on language exposure with honest and often humorous stories from personal interviews with families speaking a foreign language at home. By dispelling long-held myths about how language is learned, it provides hope to parents who want to give their children bilingual childhoods, but feel they don't know where to start with learning a foreign language.




Maintaining Your Second Language


Book Description

This book is for advanced learners of a second language such as translators, interpreters, teachers, the parents of bilingual children, journalists, international business people, heritage speakers and other language lovers. It contains practical strategies, tips and resources related to maintaining a foreign language. It targets those who are already fluent in a second (or third) language and who are looking for ways to maintain their skills long-term. This book will help advanced foreign language speakers find their path to continued language fluency and linguistic success. It provides innovative approaches to self-study, the benefits of singing even if you can't carry a tune, the role of technology in language maintenance and retention, how to play word and other games, and much more. It also provides links and references to many helpful language-related resources. If you love languages, this book is for you!







Norsk Engelsk Ordbok


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For more than forty years, the Haugen Norwegian–English Dictionary has been regarded as the foremost resource for both learners and professionals using English and Norwegian. With more than 60,000 entries, it is esteemed for its breadth, its copious grammatical detail, and its rich idiomatic examples. In his introduction, Einar Haugen, a revered scholar and teacher of Norwegian to English speakers, provides a concise overview of the history of the language, presents the pronunciation of contemporary Norwegian, and introduces basic grammatical structures, including the inflection of nouns and adjectives and the declension of verbs.




English as a Global Language


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Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this book is ideal for general readers interested in the English language.




A Child's First Picture Dictionary


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Pictures and sample sentences illustrate the meaning of various words for young children.




Language in Immigrant America


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Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Whose America?; 2. The alien specter then and now; 3. Hyphenated identity; 4. Foreign accents and immigrant Englishes; 5. Multilingual practices; 6. Immigrant children and language; 7. American becomings




English-Norwegian Tools/Verktøy Children's Bilingual Picture Dictionary


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About the Book: Learn different types of tools with this children's bilingual picture dictionary. English-Norwegian Tools/Verktøy Children's Bilingual Picture Dictionary www.rich.center




Disney's My Very First Dictionary


Book Description

A treat for young children just learning the alphabet as well as for older children learning to read, "The Amazing ABC Book" is a colorful delight. Bright letters and fun pictures illustrate each letter of the alphabet, from A for Accordion to Z for Zebra. And every word is offered in three languages: English, French, and German. Full color.




Raising a Bilingual Child


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Teaches parents who want their children to learn a second language how to create a positive bilingual environment by integrating two languages into a child's daily routine.