Acknowledgements and Thanks
Introduction: About the Book
The Structure of the Book
Chapter 1: Demystifying Bilingualism
The Case for Bilingualism
Moving from Fiction to Fact
Chapter 2: Family Language Planning
Set Your Goals
Creating a Family Language Plan
Chapter 3: Supporting your Family Language Plan
Conversations with Your Children
Conversations with Other People
Know When to Get Help
Concluding Remarks
Glossary of Terms
Appendix A: Sample Family Language Plan
Appendix B: School Planner
Bibliography
Index
Provides clear and practical advice for parents of multilingual children
Eowyn Crisfield is founder and principal of Crisfield Educational Consulting and Senior Lecturer in TESOL at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has delivered her family language planning programme and insights through seminars, family language planning consultations, school consultations and her blog, On Raising Bilingual Children, for over 15 years. Eowyn and her mostly-monolingual partner are raising three multilingual children...with varying degrees of success!
This is a clear, engaging, and accessible guide for parents who are
interested in raising their children with more than one language.
Evidence-informed, yet simultaneously structured and written so as
to truly facilitate parents’ reflection and engagement, it offers
practical and realistic advice. A must-read for any parent
interested in bestowing the gift of language onto their
children.
*Victoria A. Murphy, University of Oxford, UK*
Drawing on her extensive experience of working with families,
educators, and policymakers concerned with language learning and
multilingualism, Crisfield separates facts from fiction, offers a
balanced assessment of the challenges as well as the opportunities
associated with bilingual child-rearing, and provides immensely
useful tools to guide discussion and rational decision-making
within families.
*Jim Cummins, University of Toronto, Canada*
This book is a ground-breaking resource for all parents raising
children bilingually. It not only explains the many contexts in
which bilingualism can occur, but helps parents form the best plan
for their particular multilingual situation. I will recommend it
highly to many families I work with whose questions I couldn't
answer before!
*Ruth E. Van Reken, Co-author, Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among
Worlds (3rd edn), Co-founder, Families in Global Transition*
Bilingual Families is a much-welcomed guide not only for family
reference but also for educators: it should belong in the library
or staffroom of any school which is serious about considering the
realities of bilingual and multilingual families.
*EAL Journal, 2021*
Crisfield does a very good job of communicating the factors
involved in bi/multilingual language acquisition to families that
have little prior knowledge on raising children bi/multilingually.
The book is well-organized to help families understand why it could
be beneficial for children to learn additional languages, what
obstacles and challenges they might expect, and what support they
need in their language journey.
*LINGUIST List 32.2459*
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