by Xiao-Lei Wang (Author)
In this book, Wang combines practical evidence-based advice with observations of her own family to explore the challenges of parenting teenagers within a multilingual family. This book places language within the wider context of teenagers' development, and will enable parents to assist their teenagers on their journey to multilingualism.
Author Biography
Xiao-lei Wang is Professor and Acting Dean of the School of Education at Pace University, USA. She is the author of Growing up with Three Languages: Birth to Eleven (Multilingual Matters, 2008) and Learning to Read and Write in the Multilingual Family (Multilingual Matters, 2011). She is a regular speaker on child development and parenting at local, national and international parents' associations and academic conferences.