The Multilingual Mind: Issues Discussed by, for, and about People Living with Many Languages.

Sonst. Personen	Tokuhama-Espinosa, Tracey (Hrsg.)
Titel	The Multilingual Mind: Issues Discussed by, for, and about People Living with Many Languages.
Quelle	(2003), (313 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-89789-919-9
Schlagwörter	Adoption; Bilingual Students; Children; Cultural Influences; Deafness; Down Syndrome; Dyslexia; Elementary Secondary Education; Family Environment; Inner Speech (Subvocal); Mathematics Education; Multilingualism; Multiple Intelligences; Music; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Speech Communication + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Gehörlosigkeit; Taubstummheit; 'Downs Syndrome; Down''s Syndrome'; Down-Syndrom; Dyslexics; Legasthenie; Lese-Rechtschreib-Schwäche; Familienmilieu; Inneres Sprechen; Mathematische Bildung; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Intelligenz (Psy); Musik; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb
Abstract	This collection of 21 essays focuses on people who experience the world with multiple languages: (1) "Myths about Multilingualism" (Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa); (2) "Teaching Languages using the Multiple Intelligences and the Senses" (Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa); (3) "The Role of the Sense of Smell in Language Learning" (Sara Ackerman Aoyana); (4) "Multiliteracy Skills" (Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa); (5) "Two-Way Immersion Programs in the United States" (Jennifer Rengel); (6) "The Relationship between Musical Ability and Foreign Languages: Communication via Sounds and via Words" (Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa); (7) "Language, Math, and Thought: Vygotsky's Concept of Inner Speech" (Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa); (8) "Multilingual Mathematics" (Marie Petraitis); (9) "In the Beginning was the Word: Language and the Womb" (Andrea Bader-Rusch); (10) "First Choice Option: From Birth" (Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa); (11) "Bilingualism from Birth" (Manuela Gonzalez-Bueno); (12) "Trilingualism: A Study of Children Growing Up with Three Languages" (Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert); (13) "What, You Speak Only One Language!? A Trilingual Family's Story" (Nicola Kupelikinc); (14) "Third Culture Kids: A Special Case for Foreign Language Learning" (Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa); (15) "The Yellow Streetcar: Shaping a Polyphonic Identity" (Christina Allemann-Ghionda); (16) "Linguistic Hegemony: Is There a Superior Language?" (Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa); (17) "Foreign Adoption and Bilingualism" (Nicola Kupeliklinc); (18) "Bringing Up Bilingual Children in Scarce Language Environments: How the Internet Can Help Us" (Maria Johnson); (19) "Multilingualism and Cosmopolitanism" (Konrad Gunesch); (20) "A Voice within a Voice: Federman Translating/Translating Federman" (Raymond Federman); and (21) "Challenges to Normal Bilingualism: Down's Syndrome, Deafness, and Dyslexia" (Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa). (Papers contain references.) (SM)
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