Trilingualism in Family, School and Community

by Hoffmann, Charlotte; Ytsma, Jehannes

• ISBN13: 9781853596926
• ISBN10: 1853596922
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-19
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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
Charlotte Hoffmann and Jehannes Ytsma	1	(10)
Part 1: Contexts of Trilingualism
1 Exploring Multilingualism in Cultural Contexts: Towards a Notion of Multilinguality
Larissa Aronie and Muiris O. Laoire	11	(19)
2 Being Trilingual or Multilingual: Is There a Price to Pay?
Elite Olshtain and Frieda Nissim-Amitai	30	(23)
Part 2: Multilingual Language Use
3 Language Practices of Trilingual Youth in Two Canadian Cities
Patricia Lamarre and Diane Dagenais	53	(22)
4 Language Crossing Among Adolescents in a Multiethnic City Area in Germany
Gabriele Birken-Silverman	75	(26)
5 A Survey of Language Ability, Language Use and Language Attitudes of Young Aborigines in Taiwan
Hui-chi Lee	101	(17)
6 Trilingual Input and Children's Language Use in Trilingual Families in Flanders
Annick De Houwer	118	(21)
Part 3: Language Policy and Education
7 Creating and Implementing a Language Policy in the Israeli Educational System
Anat Stavans and Doron Narkiss	139	(27)
8 Trilingualism in Guinea-Bissau and the Question of Instructional Language
Carol Benson	166	(19)
9 Trilinguals at Four? Early Trilingual Education in the Basque Country
Felix Etxeberria	185	(17)
10 Teaching English as a Third Language: The Effect of Attitudes and Motivation
Jasone Cenoz	202	(17)
11 English as a Third Language in Bilingual Finland: Basic Communication or Academic Language?
Kaj Sjöholm	219	(20)
Index	239