Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert | 27 May 2004, Multilingual Matters | 9781853597145 | 240 pages
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Multilingual Matters
A regular contributor to the Bilingual Family Newsletter, in this book Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert reports on the experiences of over 100 families who took part in a questionnaire about their language use. As its title suggests, the book focuses on the One-Parent-One-Language approach, providing useful tips and case studies of when it works, when it doesn’t and how to adapt to best suit your family’s needs. It also contains a chapter discussing other strategies, providing insights into how to choose a strategy and if and when to change it. It’s highly readable and has separate chapters on the early years, starting school, as well as interaction between family members and living with three or more languages.
(Sharon Unsworth, IvanaBrasileiro, Manuela Pinto)