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  • The Cambridge Handbook of Childhood Multilingualism

    Edited by Anat Stavans, Ulrike Jessner ...
    Series series Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
    Childhood multilingualism has become a norm rather than an exception. This is the first handbook to survey state-of-the-art research on the uniqueness of early multilingual development in children growing up with more than two languages in contact. It provides in-depth accounts of the complexity and dynamics of early multilingualism by internationally renowned scholars who have researched ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

  • Crosslinguistic Influence and Crosslinguistic Interaction in Multilingual Language Learning

    Edited by Gessica De Angelis, Ulrike Jessner, Marijana Kresic ...
    Which strategies do multilingual learners use when confronted with languages they don't yet know? Which factors are involved in activating prior linguistic knowledge in multilingual learning? This volume offers valuable insights into recent research in multilingualism, crosslinguistic influence and crosslinguistic interaction. Experts in the field examine the role of background languages in ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD

  • International Research on Multilingualism: Breaking with the Monolingual Perspective

    Edited by Eva Vetter, Ulrike Jessner ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This volume contributes to a better understanding of both psycho- and sociolinguistic levels of multilingualism and their interplay in development and use. The chapters stem from an international group of specialists in multilingualism with chapters from Austria, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain and the United States. The chapters provide an update on research ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • The Multilingual Lexicon

    Edited by Jasone Cenoz, Britta Hufeisen, U. Jessner ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This volume is a response both to the increasing interest in multilingual phenomena and lexical issues in language learning. It is of interest to scholars and graduate students interested in bi- and multilingualism, second and multiple language acquisition, language processing and language learning, mental lexicon, applied linguistics, psycho- and neurolinguistics and language teaching.Recent ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • High Diver

    My Life on the Edge

    by Orlando Duque, Werner Jessner ...
    Orlando Duque, the Colombian with the characteristic ponytail, is the most successful cliff diver in the world. The 13-time world champion from Colombia looks back on his childhood growing up in Cali and takes us on an adventurous journey around the world: from leaping as a burning torch at an adventure park to the heights of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, 27 metres above the water – a ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

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    Forget Adam Weinberger

    by Vincent Engel ...
    Narrated by Matthew Jessner ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 5 min

    A STORY THAT EXPLORES THE DIFFICULTY OF SPEAKING ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST. First there is Adam Weinberger's long childhood, in a world that has no idea yet what is in store for it. The childhood of a lover of illusions, who dreams of changing the world and of freeing his family from the burden of a tradition that he finds unbearable. The adolescence of a young boy who is unable to express his love for ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Fear of Paradise

    by Vincent Engel ...
    Narrated by Matthew Jessner ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 25 min

    A HEARTBREAKING LOVE STORY IN THE HEAR OF FASCIST ITALY. Fear of paradise is a story of longing and missed opportunities, of separation, the passage of time, and the unforeseen consequences of innocent decisions. Set against the rise of Fascism in 1920s Italy, Vincent Engel's haunting novel takes us on a journey through a wild and romantic landscape where two lonely young people forge a strange ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Gray Silence

    by Vincent Engel ...
    Narrated by Matthew Jessner ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 58 min

    AT FIRST, THE PANDEMICS DECIMATED THE OLD. Written in 2015, before the coronavirus outbreak, Gray Silence is a dystopian novel in which seniors' end-of-life care is now in the hands of the State. An ideal lifestyle in an idyllic setting... But the reality is quite different as the State discreetly gets rid of the most vulnerable. Alexandre Geoffroy is a gifted and charismatic lawyer who has ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Understanding Second Language Acquisition

    by Lourdes Ortega ...
    Series series Understanding Language
    Whether we grow up with one, two, or several languages during our early years of life, many of us will learn a second, foreign, or heritage language in later years. The field of Second language acquisition (SLA, for short) investigates the human capacity to learn additional languages in late childhood, adolescence, or adulthood, after the first language --in the case of monolinguals-- or languages ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • The Handbook of Bilingualism and Multilingualism

    Edited by Tej K. Bhatia, William C. Ritchie ...
    Series series Wiley Handbooks in Linguistics
    **Honored as a 2013 Choice Outstanding Academic Title**Comprising state-of-the-art research, this substantially expanded and revised Handbook discusses the latest global and interdisciplinary issues across bilingualism and multilingualism.Includes the addition of ten new authors to the contributor team, and coverage of seven new topics ranging from global media to heritage language ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD

  • Life as a Bilingual

    Knowing and Using Two or More Languages

    by François Grosjean ...
    About half the world's population knows and uses two or more languages in everyday life, and an increasing number of parents are raising their children bilingual. This makes a resource on what it means to become and be bilingual all the more necessary. This book brings together a selection of posts from the author's highly successful Psychology Today blog, grouped by topic into 15 chapters. The ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • The Routledge Handbook of Language Awareness

    Edited by Peter Garrett, Josep M. Cots ...
    Series series Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics
    The Routledge Handbook of Language Awareness is a comprehensive and informative overview of the broad field of language awareness. It contains a collection of state-of-the-art reviews of both established themes and new directions, authored and edited by experts in the field. The handbook is divided into three sections and reflects the engaging diversity of language awareness perspectives on ... Read more

    $98.99 CAD