Childhood Bilingualism: Research on Infancy through School Age.9781853598692 Childhood bilingualism bilingualism, ability to use two languages. Fluency in a second language requires skills in listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing, although in practice some of those skills are often considerably less developed than others. ; research on infancy infancy, stage of human development lasting from birth to approximately two years of age. The hallmarks of infancy are physical growth, motor development, vocal development, and cognitive and social development. through school age. Ed. by Peggy McCardle and Erika Hoff. Multilingual mul·ti·lin·gual adj. 1. Of, including, or expressed in several languages: a multilingual dictionary. 2. Matters Ltd. 2006 170 pages $44.95 Paperback Child language and child development; 7 P115 The eleven essays presented by McCardle (a research administrator and the US National Institutes of Health) and Hoff (psychology, Florida Atlantic U.) resulted from an April 2004 workshop featuring recent research on the childhood development aspects of bilingualism and its implications for education. The papers are organized into parts that address speech perception and word recognition processes in infants exposed to two languages, oral language development in children exposed to two languages, biliteracy, the contributions of research in adult bilingualism and cross-linguistic study of language acquisition to study of bilingual bi·lin·gual adj. 1. a. Using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency. b. development, and the politics and science of bilingual practices. Distributed in the US by UTP UTP (uridine triphosphate): see uracil. (Unshielded Twisted Pair) See twisted pair. UTP - unshielded twisted pair Distribution. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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