An Intermediate Guide To Becoming Bilingual

E-Z 1-2-3: An Intermediate Guide to Becoming Bilingual (E-Z 1-2-3: Una guía intermedia para covertirse en bilingües) lets everyone who is looking to learn either Spanish or English to advance into an intermediate level in a simple and comprehensible way. This volume exposes you to learn and practice the personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and a variety of sentences and short conversations. E-Z 1-2-3: An Intermediate Guide to Becoming Bilingual (E-Z 1-2-3: Una Guía Intermedia para Covertirse en Bilingües) permite que todos los que buscan aprender inglés o español avancen a un nivel intermedio de una manera simple y comprensible. Este volumen te expone a aprender y practicar los pronombres personales, pronombres posesivos, verbos, adjetivos, y una variedad de oraciones y pequeñas conversaciones.

Knowing a second language is important to improve our relationships, to communicate effectively, and to increase our marketability. This book is a practical tool to learn Spanish as a second language in a clear and easy way. Inside you will find the basic lessons to learn the language, vocabulary, and conversations, and you will also find full explanations of the usage of words translated in both languages.

An attempt to present issues of bilingualism to the bilingual families themselves, so that although psycho- and socio- linguistically sound, this book is straightforward and populist in style. The text argues for families to maintain their mother tongues and suggests strategies for doing so at home and with schools.

Written in a very reader-friendly style, the book is a practical introduction for parents and teachers to bilingualism. Straightforward and realistic answers are given to a comprehensive set of frequently asked questions about bilingualism and bilingual education. Areas covered include family, language, culture, identity, reading , writing, schooling and issues. In the third edition, there is new or more detailed consideration of: • Moving between countries, cultural adaptation • Identity issues • One parent - one language (OPOL) families • Pre schools / kindergartens / nursery schools • Helping with homework • Dyslexia • Language scaffolding • Multilingualism and trilingualism; trilingual families • Adoption • WWW links, articles and books for further reading

In this accessible guide to bilingualism in the family and the classroom, Colin Baker delivers a realistic picture of the joys and difficulties of raising bilingual children. This revised edition includes more information on bilingualism in the digital age, and incorporates the latest research in areas such as neonatal language experience, multilingualism and language mixing.

It's no secret that parents want their children to have the lifelong cultural and intellectual advantages that come from being bilingual. Parents spend millions of dollars every year on classes, computer programs, and toys, all of which promise to help children learn a second language. But many of their best efforts (and investments) end in disappointment. In The Bilingual Edge, professors and parents King and Mackey wade through the hype and provide clear insights into what actually works. No matter what your language background is—whether you never passed Spanish in high school or you speak Mandarin fluently—King and Mackey will help you: select the language that will give your child the most benefits find materials and programs that will assist your child in achieving fluency identify and use your family's unique traits to maximize learning Fancy private schools and expensive materials aren't needed. Instead, The Bilingual Edge translates the latest research into interactive strategies and quick tips that even the busiest parents can use.

Gives English-speaking parents the tools to start speaking Spanish with their kids in their earliest years, when children are most receptive to learning languages. It teaches the vocabulary and idioms for speaking to children in Spanish and offers practical, proven ways to create a language-learning environment at home.