The bulk of the world's population is multilingual, and one in
seven Americans speak a language other than English at home.
Multilinguals crave answers to question both basic and profound,
questions relating to linguistic identity, schools, multiliteracy,
how languages are actually learned, and why there are so many
variations on individual success. Tokuhama-Espinosa combines solid
research, humor, and real-life examples into 21 informative and
entertaining essays about people who experience the world with
multiple languages.
This book tackles common misconceptions about polyglots (too
many languages can cause brain overload, some languages are easier
to learn than others, an adult cannot learn a foreign language as
fast as a child, etc.)
Other topics include:
Curriculum choice
Teaching languages using the multiple intelligences
How different education systems can influence multilingual
skills
Language's relationship to mental tasks such as music and
math
Languages from the womb and bilingualism from birth
The growth of the trilingual family
The societal situation of third culture kids (those growing
outside of their parents' native country)
A special case for foreign language development
The emerging cross-area study of multilingualism and
cosmopolitanism
Questions of linguistic identity
Challenges to normal foreign language learning, such as
dyslexia, Downs Syndrome, and deafness
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