The multilingual mind : issues discussed by, for, and about people living with many languages / edited by Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa.

Other author Tokuhama-Espinosa, Tracey, 1963-
Format Book
Publication InfoWestport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.
Descriptionxviii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Myths about multilingualism ; Teaching languages using the multiple intelligences and the senses / Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa -- Role of the sense of smell in language learning / Sara Ackerman Aoyama -- Multiliteracy skills / Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa -- Two-way immersion programs in the United States / Jennifer Frengel -- Relationship between musical ability and foreign languages : communication via sounds and via words ; Language, math, and thought : Vygotsky's concept of inner speech / Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa -- Multilingual mathematics / Marie Petraitis -- In the beginning was the word : language and the womb / Andrea Bader-Rusch -- First choice option : from birth / Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa -- Bilingualism from birth / Manuela González-Bueno -- Trilingualism : a study of children growing up with three languages / Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert -- What, you only speak one language!? ; a trilingual family's story / Nicola Küpelikilinç -- Third culture kids : a special case for foreign language learning / Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa.
Contents Yellow streetcar : shaping a polyphonic identity / Cristina Allemann-Ghionda -- Linguistic hegemony : is there a superior language? / Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa -- Foreign adoption and bilingualism / Nicola Küpelikilinç -- Bringing up bilingual children in scarce language environments : how the Internet can help / Maria Johnson -- Multilingualism and cosmopolitanism / Konrad Gunesch -- Voice within a voice : Federman translating/translating Federman / Raymond Federman -- Challenges to normal bilingualism : Down's syndrome, deafness, and dyslexia / Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [257]-276) and indexes.
LCCN 2002070874
ISBN0897899180 (alk. paper)
ISBN0897899199 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks P115 .M85 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold