Bilingual Competence and Bilingual Proficiency in Child Development

by Norbert Francis

A study of first and second language development in an indigenous community with implications for broader linguistic and cognitive issues.

When two or more languages are part of a child's world, we are presented with a rich opportunity to learn something about language in general and about how the mind works. In this book, Norbert Francis examines the development of bilingual proficiency and the different kinds of competence that come...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262016397
• ISBN13: 9780262016391
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher