There are many books about bilingualism, this is a short selection of our favourite ones:

« Pour une éducation bilingue », Guide de survie à l’usage des petits européens by Anna Lietti, Editions Payot.
Translation of the book’s summary, based on www.evene.fr:  In these times of European mobility, it is necessary to help our children learn a second language. However language teaching in the public system is rarely very efficient and real bilingual schools, where languages are taught are still scarce. Is it because bilingualism is scary? Is there an age when to start learning a second language? Does one have to be “gifted”?

« L’enfant aux deux langues » by Claude Hagège, Editions Odile Jacob.
Translation of the book’s summary, based on www.alapage.com:  What is the suitable age to start learning a second language ? What intellectual skills are sustained by bilingualism? How does the efficiency of early age learning compare with learning as an adult? In which case can one of the languages be forgotten, in particular the mother language? French people are convinced they are not gifted for languages but anyone can become perfectly bilingual if the right conditions are set.

You can check out official statistics about immersion programs in Canada since the 70’s (English or French).

Also worth reading:  articles by the National Association for language development on stages of early bilingual learning.

Find out more with this article by article du Guichet du Savoir: When should one start learning languages? For instance should a French baby learn English? Would it not impair its learning of the French language?

Website on bilingualism: Les enfants bilingues.

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