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Raising a Bilingual Child

A Step-by-Step Guide for Parents

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Raising a Bilingual Child

By: Barbara Zurer Pearson
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Raising a Bilingual Child, A step-by-step guide for parents

This easily digestible guidebook prepares you for what to expect and what to do when you're parenting a bilingual-to-be. It also contains general background information that will take you beyond the how, to the why. The book provides you with solid scientific arguments for raising your child bilingually and outlines practical steps you can take to integrate two (or more) languages into your child's routine. It also includes many inspirational accounts from parents and childhood bilinguals. It dispels myths about bilingualism and explains how learning multiple languages at a young age can enhance your child's overall intellectual, emotional, and social development.

Barbara Zurer Pearson, Ph.D., is a bilingualism expert with more than thirty years of research experience in the fields of bilingualism and linguistics, first at the University of Miami (FL) and then at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her pioneering work on bilingual learning by infants and children and on language assessment has been published in scholarly journals and in the book Language and Literacy in Bilingual Children.

©2008, 2022 Barbara Zurer Pearson (P)2024 Barbara Zurer Pearson Parenting & Families Relationships Linguistics
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The information contained within is not only easy to understand but complete without being overly scientific. The author always emphasizes the difference between stating her personal opinion versus scientifically/statistically supported facts. Her presentational style is clear and warm.

Even though the written version was published in 2008 I've found that the observations the author makes and the advice given have stood the test of time, as they highly correlate with information I've found in other, similar books written after 2024 about bilingual upbringing and how the mind of a bilingual child works.

I highly recommend this book as I've learned a lot from listening to it. I'm looking forward to turning the methods and advices into practice, thank you for this great summary!

Very well structured and informative book

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