Language Strategies for Trilingual Families

Andreas Braun is Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care, University of Hertfordshire. He earned his doctorate in 2007 and is a member of the International Association of Multilingualism. During his research career, he has published journal articles and book chapters focusing on language practices of trilingual families with children, incomplete acquisition of heritage languages, education and multiculturalism.Tony Cline is Co-Director of the CPD Doctorate in Educational Psychology, University College London. His research interests include the education of bilingual children, selective mutism, literacy learning difficulties of bilingual pupils, the education of minority ethnic children in mainly white schools and child language brokering at school.

Through their interviews with trilingual families in the UK and Germany, the authors present a complex and multifaceted reality of the various beliefs and language practices of trilingual families. This unique book shows that there is no single pathway to becoming trilingual and that trilingualism is a dynamic process that constantly adapts to evolving circumstances.

• 1. Trilingualism and Multilingualism: An Overview2. Comparing Bilingual and Trilingual Families3. Monolingual Parents Living Abroad (Group 1)4. One or Both Parents are Bilingual (Group 2)5. One or Both Parents are Trilingual (Group 3)6. Trilingual Proficiency in a Trilingual or Multilingual Society7. Concluding WordsAppendices: Resources for Trilingual Families with ChildrenList of Illustrations and TablesList of References and Further Reading by Chapter