Introductory Articles on Bilingualism
- Benefits of Being Bilingual
- Benefits of Being Bilingual – Research Summaries
- Raising Bilingual Children: Common Parental Concerns and Current Research
- What Parents Want to Know about Foreign Language Immersion Programs
Recommended Books on Bilingualism (click here to see our reviews)
- The Bilingual Edge: Why, When, and How to Teach Your Child a Second Language
- A Parents’ & Teachers’ Guide to Bilingualism: Third Edition
- The Bilingual Family: A Handbook for Parents
- Multilingual Living: Explorations of Language and Subjectivity
- Bilingual First Language Acquisition
For Families with Internationally Adopted Children
- Speech and Language Development in Children Adopted from China
(Parent Information Materials section is especially helpful, as well as the Review of International Adoption Literature pdf file) - Language Development in Internationally Adopted Children
Immersion Programs in the U.S.
Buying children books in foreign languages
- Powell’s Books http://www.powells.com/section/childrens-foreign-language/, one of the biggest used/new bookstores in the world, has a great section with books for kids under $7 (used) and books categorized by languages. Gotta love Powell’s!
- Culture for Kids http://www.cultureforkids.com/ has books and resources in Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Farsi, Filipino, Hmong, Ilokano, Khmer, Mandarin Chinese, Tagalog, Hindi, Somali and Serbo-Croation and more
- Amazon.com www.amazon.com You can enter words like “Children books in Japanese” and they do have quite a bit
Professional Organizations
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
- The Hanen Center
(They provide information and training to help children’s language/social skills) - The Alliance for the Advancement of Heritage Languages
- Arizona Association for Bilingual Education
- California Association for Bilingual Education
- Center for Applied Linguistics
- National Association for Bilingual Education
- Oregon Association of Bilingual Education
