A Journey In Languages And Cultures

Author : François Grosjean
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198754949
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Journey in Languages and Cultures written by François Grosjean and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019-05 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the life and experiences of one of the world's most renowned and well-respected experts in bilingualism. Francois Grosjean takes us through his life, from his monolingual childhood in a small village outside Paris to the long periods of time he spent in Switzerland, England, France, and the United States, becoming bilingual and bicultural in the process. During his life, his dominant language has changed many times between English and French, and he has also acquired, and subsequently lost, other languages, including American Sign Language. Throughout the book, he combines his personal accounts and anecdotes with insights from and reflections on his extensive scholarly research in bilingualism and biculturalism, which has, in turn, been heavily influenced by his own experiences. Written in an engaging and accessible style, the book will appeal to general readers interested in bilingualism and language contact, educators and parents of bilingual children, researchers working on bilingualism, and to bilinguals themselves.

Author : Mary Besemeres
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN 13 : 9780702236037
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Translating Lives written by Mary Besemeres and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Australia prides itself on being multicultural, many Australians have little awareness of what it means to live in two cultures at once, and of how much there is to learn about other cultural perspectives.

Author : GROSJEAN.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780191816437
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book JOURNEY IN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES written by GROSJEAN. and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN 13 : 070224435X
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Translating Lives written by and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounting the personal experiences of 12 bilingual Australians, this immensely moving collection of stories shows how immersion in two overlapping cultures affects one's perspectives on the world and relationships with other people. Including contributions from Kim Scott and Eva Sallis, these stories--childhood recollections, migrant experiences, journeys of self-discovery, and accounts of feeling culturally torn or undefined--demonstrate the intrinsic links between language, culture, and identity.

Author : Saima Aman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781732234215
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urdu written by Saima Aman and published by . This book was released on 2018-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: URDU: Journey of the Language through People and Culture is a richly illustrated book about the Urdu language, containing a curated selection of over 100 entries, arranged from A to Z. Although eclectic, the minutely researched and thoughtfully selected entries fit together like the tiles of a mosaic to provide a fuller portrait than previously presented of the Urdu language. The book brings the fascinating story of Urdu to a whole new generation of readers, including native speakers, heritage speakers, and anyone interested in South Asian languages. Full of unique and interesting facts about the language, its history, people, and culture, the book will appeal to all Urdu enthusiasts!

Author : Xiao-lei Wang
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1847695671
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Growing up with Three Languages written by Xiao-lei Wang and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2008-11-06 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is based on an eleven-year observation of two children who were simultaneously exposed to three languages from birth. It tells the story of two parents from different cultural, linguistic, and ethnic-racial backgrounds who joined to raise their two children with their heritage languages outside their native countries. It also tells the children’s story and the way they negotiated three cultures and languages and developed a trilingual identity. It sheds light on how parental support contributed to the children’s simultaneous acquisition of three languages in an environment where the main input of the two heritage languages came respectively from the father and from the mother. It addresses the challenges and the unique language developmental characteristics of the two children during their trilingual acquisition process.

Author : François Grosjean
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108838642
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life as a Bilingual written by François Grosjean and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-03 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book on those who know and use two or more languages: Who are they? How do they do it?

Author : Kat— Lomb
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1606437062
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Polyglot: How I Learn Languages written by Kat— Lomb and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KAT LOMB (1909-2003) was one of the great polyglots of the 20th century. A translator and one of the first simultaneous interpreters in the world, Lomb worked in 16 languages for state and business concerns in her native Hungary. She achieved further fame by writing books on languages, interpreting, and polyglots. Polyglot: How I Learn Languages, first published in 1970, is a collection of anecdotes and reflections on language learning. Because Dr. Lomb learned her languages as an adult, after getting a PhD in chemistry, the methods she used will be of particular interest to adult learners who want to master a foreign language.

Author : James Pfrehm
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781629977997
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Learning German written by James Pfrehm and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : François Grosjean
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674056450
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bilingual written by François Grosjean and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-15 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether in family life, social interactions, or business negotiations, half the people in the world speak more than one language every day. Yet many myths persist about bilingualism and bilinguals. In a lively and entertaining book, an international authority on bilingualism explores the many facets of life with two or more languages.