The multilingual mind : issues discussed by, for, and about people living with many languages /
edited by Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa.
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.
- xviii, 295 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-276) and indexes.
1. Myths About Multilingualism / Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa. PART I. SCHOOLING AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES : 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 Aoyama -- 4. Multiliteracy Skills / Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa -- 5. Two-Way Immersion Programs in the United States / Jennifer Frengel. PART II. MATH, MUSIC, AND MULTILINGUALS : 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. PART III. DEGREES OF MULTILINGUALISM : 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 Kiipelikiling. PART IV. SOCIETY AND LANGUAGES : 14. Third Culture Kids: A Special Case for Foreign Language Learning / Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa -- 15. The Yellow Streetcar: Shaping a Polyphonic Identity / Cristina Allemann-Ghionda -- 16. Linguistic Hegemony: Is There a Superior Language? / Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa -- 17. Foreign Adoption and Bilingualism / Nicola Kiipelikilinq -- 18. Bringing Up Bilingual Children in Scarce Language Environments: How the Internet Can Help / Maria Johnson -- 19. Multilingualism and Cosmopolitanism / Konrad Gunesch. PART V. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES : 20. A Voice within a Voice: Federman Translating/Translating Federman / Raymond Federman -- 21. Challenges to Normal Bilingualism: Down's Syndrome, Deafness, and Dyslexia / Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa -- Conclusion / Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa.