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.
This extremely up to date book, Speech Production and Second Language Acquisition, is the first volume in the exciting new series, “Cognitive Science and Second Language Acquisition.
This volume addresses a gamut of questions of interest to teachers of young second language learners. Why do immigrant children leave their home countries and what are their journeys to the United States like? How do young children adjust to the new culture? What sort of dynamic prevails in immigrant families? What are young immigrants' schooling experiences like? What are language learning processes like in young children? The first part of the book contains an overview of recent ethnographic, sociological, and psycholinguistic research concerned with answering these queries. The second half of the volume focuses on classroom practice.
This clear and concise text sets out the basic arguments on each side of the conflict and traces their complex, and often bloody, path towards the moves leading to the Israeli-PLO accord. The second edition of this book is now thoroughly revised and updated to include the developments of the past few years.
