The Multilingual Mind
The bulk of the world's population is multilingual, and one in seven Americans speak a language other than English at home. Multilinguals crave answers to question both basic and profound, questions relating to linguistic identity, schools, multiliteracy, how languages are actually learned, and why there are so many variations on individual success. Tokuhama-Espinosa combines solid research, humor, and real-life examples into 21 informative and entertaining essays about people who experience...
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Tokuhama-Espinosa combines solid research, humor, and real-life examples into 21 informative and entertaining essays about people who experience the world with multiple languages.
Tables and FiguresPreface: Individual BilingualismAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1Myths About Multilingualism1ISchooling and Foreign Languages132Teaching Languages Using the Multiple Intelligences and the Senses153The Role of the Sense of Smell in Language Learning214Multiliteracy Skills315Two-Way Immersion Programs in the United States47IIMath, Music, and Multilinguals636The Relationship Between Musical Ability and Foreign Languages: Communication via Sounds and via Words657Language, Math, and Thought: Vygotsky's Concept of Inner Speech818Multilingual Mathematics91IIIDegrees of Multilingualism999In the Beginning Was the Word: Language and the Womb10110First Choice Option: From Birth10911Bilingualism from Birth11512Trilingualism: A Study of Children Growing Up with Three Languages12913What, You Speak Only One Language!? A Trilingual Family's Story151IVSociety and Languages16314Third Culture Kids: A Special Case for Foreign Language Learning16515The Yellow Streetcar: Shaping a Polyphonic Identity17116Linguistic Hegemony: Is There a Superior Language?18917Foreign Adoption and Bilingualism19718Bringing Up Bilingual Children in Scarce Language Environments: How the Internet Can Help20719Multilingualism and Cosmopolitanism213VIndividual Differences23320A Voice within a Voice: Federman Translating/Translating Federman23521Challenges to Normal Bilingualism: Down's Syndrome, Deafness, and Dyslexia243Conclusion255Bibliography257Subject Index277Name Index283About the Editor and Contributors293
