Family Language Learning is a practical guide designed to support, advise and
encourage any parents who are hoping to raise their children bilingually. It is
unique in that it focuses on parents who are not native speakers of a foreign
language. It gives parents the tools they need to cultivate and nurture their
own language skills while giving their children an opportunity to learn another
language. The book combines cutting-edge research on language exposure with
honest and often humorous stories from personal interviews with families
speaking a foreign language at home. By dispelling long-held myths about how
language is learned, it provides hope to parents who want