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Books in the Parents' and Teachers' Guides series

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  • - The Teenage Years
    by Xiao-Lei (Pace University) Wang
    £64.49

    In this book, Wang combines practical evidence-based advice with observations of her own family to explore the challenges of parenting teenagers within a multilingual family. This book places language within the wider context of teenagers' development, and will enable parents to assist their teenagers on their journey to multilingualism.

  • - Learn Another Language, Raise Bilingual Children
    by Christine Jernigan
    £13.99

    Family Language Learning is a practical guide designed to support, advise and encourage any parents who are hoping to raise their children bilingually. It is unique in that it focuses on parents who are not native speakers of a foreign language.

  • - Learning from International Schools
     
    £72.49

    When young English language learners speak a variety of home languages, welcoming them into the classroom can be very challenging for teachers and English-speaking pupils. This book, written by teachers experienced in addressing the needs of this group, is a vital resource for new teachers working in a multilingual classroom for the first time.

  • - Many Languages, One Message
    by Eithne Gallagher
    £71.49

    This book addresses issues that educators, policymakers and parents of linguistically diverse children face when teaching in, administrating or choosing an International School. It draws on theory to propose guidelines, best practice and checklists for ensuring that all children in a school's multicultural society benefit from a the curriculum.

  • - A Lifeline for a Deaf Child
    by Jenny Froude
    £15.49

    Language which develops 'against all the odds' is very precious. Words were not enough for Tom; it was signs that made sense of a world silenced by meningitis. Confidence came via joyful and positive steps to communication from babyhood; a brush with epilepsy, a cochlear implant in his teens and life as an independent young adult followed.

  • - The one-parent-one-language Approach
    by Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert
    £21.99

    This book provides an inspiring approach to passing on two or more languages to your children through a focus on the one-person one-language approach. The book is grounded in academic research, but is both readable and relevant to non-academics and provides fascinating insights into being a multilingual family.

  • - Language Use in Families
    by Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert
    £15.49 - 72.49

    Taking a different perspective to traditional case studies on one bilingual child, this book discusses the whole family and the realities of life with two or more children and languages. This book explores language patterns and preferences as well as the effect of birth order and family size on language use.

  • - A Practical Approach
    by Elizabeth Coelho
    £25.49

    This book offers practical research-based advice for teachers on how to adapt school and classroom procedures, curriculum content and instructional strategies in order to provide a supportive learning environment for students of minority language backgrounds who are learning the language of instruction as they are learning the curriculum.

  • - A Teacher's Handbook for Content-Based Instruction
    by Kate Mastruserio Reynolds
    £21.99 - 72.49

    This accessible book takes a critical approach towards content-based instruction methods, bridging the gap between theory and practice in order to allow teachers to make an informed decision about best practices for an inclusive classroom. It is a resource for both educators and ESL teachers working within an English learner inclusion environment.

  • - A Guide for Teachers in International Schools
    by Coreen Sears
    £18.99 - 72.49

    This practical guide is for all teachers, administrators and parents of children in international schools with students from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds. It includes references to the latest uses of embedded technology and many exemplary strategies and resources that are becoming customary usage in international schools.

  • - Parents' Perspectives
    by Andreas Braun
    £11.99

    This book enables parents in trilingual families to consider possible language strategies suited to their individual circumstances. It includes a tool for diagnostic self-analysis that allows each reader to identify their situation and learn how parents in similar situations have approached the task of supporting their children's use of languages.

  • by Xiao-Lei (Pace University) Wang
    £13.99 - 64.49

    This book walks parents through the multilingual reading and writing process from infancy to adolescence. It identifies essential skills at each developmental stage and proposes effective strategies that facilitate multiliteracy, in particular, heritage-language literacy development in the home environment.

  • by Colin Baker
    £11.99

    In this accessible guide to bilingualism, Colin Baker delivers a realistic picture of the joys and difficulties of raising bilingual children. This new 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.

  • by Julia Festman, Gregory J. Poarch & Jean-Marc Dewaele
    £8.99 - 33.49

    Raising a multilingual family can be both confusing and fulfilling. The authors, all multilingual parents and researchers on multilingualism, aim to provide advice and inspiration for multilingual families across the world. The latest research is used to provide a friendly, accessible guide to raising and nurturing happy multilingual children.

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