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Language Strategies for Bilingual Families: The One-Parent - One-Language Approach (Parents' and Teachers' Guides)

By: Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Ltd
ISBN: 1853597147
ISBN-13: 9781853597145
Released: 28 Jul 2004
RRP: £14.95
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In desperate need of a proof reader ... - By: J. Vernaglione, 27 May 2008
As a language graduate & mother to two potentiallly bilingual children, I was very interested to read about the best strategies for achieving bilingualism. However, this book was so littered with horrendous spelling & grammar errors that I couldn't bring myself to read past the first chapter. This was a shame, as I am sure the content would have been both useful & informative. Surely a book written about language should contain a reasonable level of language itself. A poor standard of English will make the reader doubt the quality of the content. Please let me know when you have invested in a good proof reader & I will buy the next edition!
worthwhile read - By: tash, 19 Jan 2008
I found this to be one of the better books on bringing up bilingual children & the one parent one language strategy seems to be working for our family (5,4,18m). I also liked the bilingual parents handbook (harding & riley) & raising multilingual children.
Not always the right approach - By: , 17 Jun 2005
The One Parent - One Language Approach is well defended by this book but I found it counter to my own excellent experience of both parents using both languages in conversation with myself & my sister. The point about attempting to be a bilingual family is to follow an approach best suited to the whole family situation. This book is trying to pursuade you of a single method. I would recommend instead that you read The Bilingual Family by Edith Harding-Esch & Philip Riley which offers questions to the parents about how they can create a bilingual family & find right approach for them. "The Bilingual Family" is not as prescriptive in its approach & I welcome that. I have colleagues who are married to persons from other countries, & I have recommended that they read "The Bilingual Family" rather than "Language Strategies for Bilingual Families: The One-Parent - One-Language Approach."