Books For Parents

By Alice Lapuerta and Corey Heller

Mit Zwei Sprachen Gross werden: Mehrsprachige Erziehung in Familie, Kindergarten und Schule
By Elke Montanari

Bilingualism in everyday-life: how does it work? What are typical bilingual family models? How do we overcome problems? What aspects do we have to consider to succeed? Mit Zwei Sprachen Gross Werden introduces the fundamentals of Billingualism in non-theoretical language, by discussing all aspects of multilingual life at home, kindergarten and school. Practical advice and tips make the book very accessible, as do the richly illustrated examples and case studies of other families. This book will be of particular interest to newcomers to bilingualism, as well as to those who have German as one of their languages at home.

Dual Language Development and Disorders: A Handbook on Bilingualism and Second Language Learning
by Fred Genesee, Johanne Paradis, Martha B. Crago

Parents raising bilingual children know how difficult it is to find books that provide detailed information about childhood bilingualism while at the same time being “readable” for the non-expert. Lucky for us, Genesee, Paradis and Crago have done just that. For parents of bilingual children who have been diagnosed with language disorders, this book is essential. Parents will find the up-to-date discussion on the differences between monolingual and bilingual language development invaluable, and will appreciate the encouragment to seek diagnosis specifically from experts in the field of bilingual language development so that their children will receive the most accurate evaluation possible. For parents whose children have not been diagnosed with a language disorder, this book will help to ease concerns and answer the questions which are often at the back of our minds. The eight case studies introduced at the beginning of the book are refered to throughout and are useful in proving the valuable examples and explanations.

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