Trilingualism in Family, School and Community

Edited by Dr. Charlotte Hoffmann, Dr. Jehannes Ytsma

Publication date:

19 November 2003

Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Dimensions:

210x148mm
6x8"

ISBN-13: 9781853596933

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Countries in Africa, America, Asia and Europe provide the sociolinguistic contexts described in this volume. They involve settings where three or more languages are spoken and where speakers are trilingual. With the focus on family, school and the wider community, the book illustrates personal, social, cultural and political factors contributing to the acquisition and maintenance of trilingualism and highlights a rich pattern of trilingual language use.

Charlotte Hoffmann and Jehannes Ytsma: Introduction
Part 1: Contexts of Trilingualism
1 Larissa Aronin and Muiris Ó Laoire: Exploring Multilingualism in Cultural Contexts: Towards a Notion of Multilinguality
2 Elite Olshtain and Frieda Nissim-Amitai: Being Trilingual or Multilingual: Is There a Price to Pay?
Part 2: Multilingual Language Use
3 Patricia Lamarre and Diane Dagenais: Language Practices of Trilingual Youth in Two Canadian Cities
4 Gabriele Birken-Silverman: Language Crossing Among Adolescents in a Multiethnic City Area in Germany
5 Hui-chi Lee: A Survey of Language Ability, Language Use and Language Attitudes of Young Aborigines in Taiwan
6 Annick De Houwer: Trilingual Input and Children’s Language Use in Trilingual Families in Flanders
Part 3: Language Policy and Education
7 Anat Stavans and Doron Narkiss: Creating and Implementing a Language Policy in the Israeli Educational System
8 Carol Benson: Trilingualism in Guinea-Bissau and the Question of Instructional Language
9 Felix Etxeberría: Trilinguals at Four? Early Trilingual Education in the Basque Country
10 Jasone Cenoz: Teaching English as a Third Language: The Effect of Attitudes and Motivation
11 Kaj Sjöholm: English as a Third Language in Bilingual Finland: Basic Communication or Academic Language?
Index