Trilingualism in Family, School and Community

by Charlotte Hoffmann (Editor), Jehannes Ytsma (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781853596926
Publisher:	Multilingual Matters Ltd.
Publication date:	11/28/2003
Series:	Bilingual Education & Bilingualism Series , #43
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Charlotte Hoffmann grew up in a bilingual family in Germany and raised her children to become trilingual. She is Reader in Sociolinguistics at the University of Salford, UK, where she is also Associate Director of the European Studies Research Institute. Her publications cover child trilingualism, trilingual competence and societal multilingualism.Jehannes Ytsma is senior researcher at the Fryske Akademy (The Netherlands). His publications are in the fields of bi- and trilingualism in school and society. He is currently conducting a research project on trilingual primary education in Friesland.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	1
Part 1	Contexts of Trilingualism
1	Exploring Multilingualism in Cultural Contexts: Towards a Notion of Multilinguality	11
2	Being Trilingual or Multilingual: Is There a Price to Pay?	30
Part 2	Multilingual Language Use
3	Language Practices of Trilingual Youth in Two Canadian Cities	53
4	Language Crossing Among Adolescents in a Multiethnic City Area in Germany	75
5	A Survey of Language Ability, Language Use and Language Attitudes of Young Aborigines in Taiwan	101
6	Trilingual Input and Children's Language Use in Trilingual Families in Flanders	118
Part 3	Language Policy and Education
7	Creating and Implementing a Language Policy in the Israeli Educational System	139
8	Trilingualism in Guinea-Bissau and the Question of Instructional Language	166
9	Trilinguals at Four? Early Trilingual Education in the Basque Country	185
10	Teaching English as a Third Language: The Effect of Attitudes and Motivation	202
11	English as a Third Language in Bilingual Finland: Basic Communication or Academic Language?	219
	Index	239