The Multilingual Mind: Issues Discussed By, For, and about People Living with Many 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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In contact situations it is rare that all facets of life require the same language ( people would not be bilingual if that were so ) or that they always demand two languages ( language A and B at work , at home , with friends , etc. ) .
... here that people learn languages based on their needs and depending on the demands of their life situations . ... of the two together in the form of mixed speech ) , depending on the situation , the topic , the interlocutor , etc.
Within the workshops I conduct , I enjoy spending time on individual questions and comments about particular family situations . Both the workshops for families and those for teachers and educational professionals yielded some very ...
After all , even those who a generation ago grew up in " international families " and traveled quite a bit as youngsters were probably not given the opportunity to reflect on their situations ( see Pollock and Van Reken 1999 ) .
... ( Ricciardelli 1992 ) , perhaps due to the necessity to approach problems from many angles and their tendency to view situations on various levels for full comprehension as a result of the tools a second language provides them with .
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Teaching Languages Using the Multiple Intelligences and the Senses | 15 |
The Role of the Sense of Smell in Language Learning | 21 |
Multiliteracy Skills | 31 |
TwoWay Immersion Programs in the United States | 47 |
MATH MUSIC AND MULTILINGUALS | 63 |
The Relationship Between Musical Ability and Foreign Languages Communication via Sounds and via Words | 65 |
SOCIETY AND LANGUAGES | 163 |
Third Culture Kids A Special Case for Foreign Language Learning | 165 |
The Yellow Streetcar Shaping a Polyphonic Identity | 171 |
Linguistic Hegemony Is There a Superior Language? | 189 |
Foreign Adoption and Bilingualism | 197 |
Bringing Up Bilingual Children in Scarce Language Environments How the Internet Can Help | 207 |
Multilingualism and Cosmopolitanism | 213 |
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES | 233 |
Language Math and Thought Vygotskys Concept of Inner Speech | 81 |
Multilingual Mathematics | 91 |
DEGREES OF MULTILINGUALISM | 99 |
In the Beginning Was the Word Language and the Womb | 101 |
First Choice Option From Birth | 109 |
Bilingualism from Birth | 115 |
Trilingualism A Study of Children Growing Up with Three Languages | 129 |
What You Speak Only One Language? A Trilingual Familys Story | 151 |
A Voice within a Voice Federman TranslatingTranslating Federman | 235 |
Challenges to Normal Bilingualism Downs Syndrome Deafness and Dyslexia | 243 |
Conclusion | 255 |
Bibliography | 257 |
Subject Index | 277 |
Name Index | 283 |
About the Editor and Contributors | 293 |
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