Language Processing in Bilingual Children [Paperback]

A collection of papers that explore bilingual children coping with two language systems.Addressing relevant issues in linguistics, psychology, and education, these essays explore the ways in which bilingual children cope with dual language systems as well as implications for the development of educational curriculums.Addressing relevant issues in linguistics, psychology, and education, these essays explore the ways in which bilingual children cope with dual language systems as well as implications for the development of educational curriculums.This book is a collection of papers that explore the ways in which bilingual children cope with two language systems. The papers address issues in linguistics, psychology and education, that bear on the abilities that bilingual children use to understand language, to perform highly specialized operations with language, and to function in school settings. All of the papers provide detailed analysis about how specific problems are solved, how bilingualism influences those solutions, and how the social context affects the process. Finally, the implications of these findings for policy setting and the development of bilingual education programs are explored. This will be an important and useful volume at the forefront of current research in an area which is exciting increased interest among linguists and cognitive scientists.1. Language modules and bilingual processing Michael Sharwood Smith; 2. Phonological processing in two languages Ian Watson; 3. Second language learning in children: a model of language learning in social context Lily Wong Fillmore; 4. Interdependence of first and second language proficiency in bilingual children Jim Cummins; 5. Giving formal definitions: a linguistic or metalinguistic skill? Catherine E. Snow; 6. Metalinguistic dimensions of bilingual language proficiency Ellen Bialystock; 7. Translation skill and metalinguistic awareness in bilinguals Marguerite Malakoff and Kenji Hakuta; 8. Towards an exl“'