Starting Over - The Language Development in Internationally-Adopted Children (Trends in Language Acquisition Research)
By Unknown Author.
Description
Internationally-adopted children are a unique population of language learners. They discontinue acquisition of their birth language when they are adopted by families that speak other languages. Their unique language learning history raises important practical, clinical and theoretical issues. Practically speaking: what is the typical language learning trajectory of these children after adoption and what factors affect their language learning: age at adoption, country of origin, quality and nature of the pre-adoption learning environment, and others. They also raise important theoretical que...
ISBN(s)
9027244081, 9789027244086
