Trilingualism in Family, School, and Community (Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 43)

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. Team DDU......Page 1 Contents......Page 5 Introduction......Page 8 Part 1: Contexts of Trilingualism......Page 15 1 Exploring Multilingualism in Cultural Contexts: Towards a Notion of Multilinguality Larissa Aronin and Muiris-Laoire......Page 18 2 Being Trilingual or Multilingual: Is There a Price to Pay? Elite Olshtain and Frieda Nissim-Amitai......Page 37 Part 2: Multilingual Language Use......Page 58 3 Language Practices of Trilingual Youth in Two Canadian Cities Patricia Lamarre and Diane Dagenais......Page 60 4 Language Crossing Among Adolescents in a Multiethnic City Area in Germany Gabriele Birken-Silverman......Page 82 5 A Survey of Language Ability, Language Use and Language Attitudes of Young Aborigines in Taiwan Hui-chi Lee......Page 108 6 Trilingual Input and Children’s Language Use in Trilingual Families in Flanders Annick De Houwer......Page 125 Part 3: Language Policy and Education......Page 144 7 Creating and Implementing a Language Policy in the Israeli Educational System Anat Stavans and Doron Narkiss......Page 146 8 Trilingualism in Guinea-Bissau and the Question of Instructional Language Carol Benson......Page 173 9 Trilinguals at Four? Early Trilingual Education in the Basque Country Felix Etxeberría......Page 192 10 Teaching English as a Third Language: The Effect of Attitudes and Motivation Jasone Cenoz......Page 209 11 English as a Third Language in Bilingual Finland: Basic Communication or Academic Language?......Page 226 Index......Page 246 Exploring Multilingualism In Cultural Contexts: Towards A Notion Of Multilinguality / Larissa Aaronin And Muiris Ơ Laoire -- Being Trilingual Or Multilingual - Is There A Price To Pay? / Elite Olshtain And Frieda Nissim-amitai -- Language Practices Of Trilingual Youth In Two Canadian Cities / Patricia Lamarre And Diane Dagenai -- Language Crossing Among Adolescents In Multilingual City Areas In Germany / Gabriele Birken-silverman -- Language Ability, Language Use And Language Attitudes Of Young Aboriginese In Taiwan / Hui-chi Lee -- Trilingual Input And Children's Language Use In Trilingual Families In Flanders / Annick De Houwer -- Creating And Implementing A Language Policy In The Israeli Educational System / Anat Stavans And Doron Narkis -- Trilingualism In Guinea-bissau And The Question Of Instructional Language / Carol Benson -- Trilinguals At Four In The Basque Country? / Felix Etxeberria -- Teaching English As A Third Language: The Effect Of Attitudes And Motivation / Jasone Cenoz -- English As A Third Language In Bilingual Finland: Basic Communication Or Academic Language? / Kaj Sjöholm. Edited By Charlotte Hoffmann And Jehannes Ytsma. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

this Collection Of 11 Sociolinguistically-oriented Articles Examines Multilingual Contexts From A General Perspective, Trilingual Language Use In The Family And Wider Community, And The Formulation And Implementation Of Language Policies With Regard To Education. Trilingual Communities In Africa, America, Asia, And Europe Are Featured. Hoffman (sociolinguistics, U. Of Salford, Uk) Grew Up In A Bilingual Family In Germany; Ytsma Conducts Research At The Fryske Akademy In The Netherlands. Credentials Of The 15 Contributing Authors Are Not Given. Distributed By Utp Distribution. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, Or

Some countries around the world provide the sociolinguistic contexts described in this volume. They involve settings where three or more languages are spoken. With the focus on family and the wider community, the book shows personal, social and cultural factors contributing to the gaining of trilingualism "The book should be of interest to researchers working on micro-linguistic as well as macro-linguistic aspects of language contact, and also to teacher educators, teachers who work on bilingual and multilingual programmes, and language policy makers."--Jacket