ERIC Number: ED478569
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2003
Pages: 313
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ISBN: ISBN-0-89789-919-9
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The Multilingual Mind: Issues Discussed by, for, and about People Living with Many Languages.
Tokuhama-Espinosa, Tracey, Ed.
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)
Descriptors: 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
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Language: English
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