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Bilingual Edge Why, When, and How to Teach Your Child a Second Language

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ISBN-10: 0061246565

ISBN-13: 9780061246562

Edition: 2007

Authors: Kendall King, Alison Mackey

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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. In The Bilingual Edge, professors and parents King and Mackey wade through the hype and provide clear insights into what actually works. No matter what your language background is-whether you never passed Spanish in high school or you speak Mandarin fluently-King and Mackey will help you: select the language that will give your…    
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Book details

List price: $15.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 7/3/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Nancy H. Hornberger is Professor of Education and Director of Educational Linguistics at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania. Her interests include language planning and policy; bilingualism, bilingual education and biliteracy; and the ethnography of communication. Kendall King is associate professor of Educational Linguistics at the University of Minnesota. Her interests include ideological, interactional and policy aspects of second language learning and bilingualism.