Recommended Books

In this entry, I would like to recommend two books on bilingualism. The first book is by Ellen Bialystok, an expert on the topic. The title of the book is "Bilingualism in Development: Language, Literacy, and Cognition." Here is a review of the article that was published in the Bilingual Research Journal (by NABE). However, I found the review on a site titled Find Articles. The review is excellent because it gives you a summary of the different chapters in the book.

For more information on the book, go to the Amazon site, where you can browse through the book.

The second book that I want to recommend is titled "Childhood Bilingualism: Research on Infancy Through School Age," edited by Peggy McCardle and Erika Hoff. This book is by Multilingual Matters, whose books are quite technical. This is not to say that Bialystok's book is not technical. Not at all. The difference is that the Bialystok book is written by one person, one point of view, and the other book is an edited volume and showcases studies. On the other hand, Bialystok's volume showcases her work over the last twenty years. In any case, I would still recommend Childhood Bilingualism since it looks at issues such as processing two languages, learning two languages, literacy in two languages, etc. Very interesting! Here is a picture of the cover.

For those parents who want something easy to read, I would recommend reading a book titled "Child Language: A Resource Book for Students" By Jean Stilwell Peccei, published by Routledge. Easy to read though the focus is NOT on bilingualism...

Enjoy! Cheers, Kuki