The Bilingual Family : A Handbook for Parents

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Summary: Not a handbook for parents
Review: This is a very comprehensive book about the general subject of raising bilingual children, based on a number of case studies. I am sure that therefore it would be of great use to anyone studying a linguistic subject in this realm.

However as a handbook for parents who want to raise a bilingual child it hardly offers any advise. I have a different native tongue than my wife, who's native language is English. Living in an English speaking country I would like my daughter to learn my (foreign) native language too. What I was looking for is a book with tips and ideas, such as word games, books, etc. to bring a second language playfully and naturally into a toddler's life.

If you are looking for such a book too, this is not the one. Although the book may be good for a linguistics student I have to give it a low rating because of its misleading title.

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Summary: Finally a good book for parents of bilingual children
Review: We'd like to recommend this book to all parents of children who will learn more than one language growing up. We read the book and tried to use it to form our own ideas about the "hows" - which the book didn't emphasize nor mandate (=good). Rather, we found lots of information, tips and ideas that could be used to devise our own strategy. It was very helpful to understand the language learning process after having read the book. Oh yes, the numerous anecdotes makes the book well worth reading.