Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1: Different Types of Family and Issues that Only Affect Some Kinds of Family
1 Issues for Families Speaking More than One Language at Home
2 Issues for Families Using One Language at Home, Another in the Community and at School
3 Interviewees who are Bilingual Solely through Attending School in Another Language
4 Interviewees who Learnt Languages Solely from the Community
5 Changes as a Result of Divorce or Separation
6 Changes as a Result of the Death of One Parent
7 Changes as a Result of Advice Given to Parents
8 Changes as a Result of Interviewees' Choices or Decisions
Part 2: Issues at Home that will Affect Most, if Not All, Families at Some Time
9 Consistency Versus Flexibility in Languages Used at Home
10 Rewards, Encouragement, Sanctions and Disapproval Linked to Language Use
11 Resistance - Children Who Prefer Not to Speak a Language
12 Fitting In/Standing Out
13 Input from Others, Resources and Holidays
Part 3: Education
14 Starting School and Changing Schools
15 Home Language Support/Teaching in Mainstream Schools
16 Additional Support Outside (or as an alternative to) Mainstream Schools
17 Help with Homework
Part 4: Language Policies and Politics
18 Language Status, Links to Politics and Racism
Part 5: Interviewees as Adults
19 Advantages and Disadvantages of Having Been Raised Bilingually
20 One Thing You Would Change about Your Bilingual Childhood and Advice to a Family Just Starting Out
21 Low Input and Language Loss and Retention
22 Identities
23 Studying and Working Abroad as Young Adults, Choosing Where to Live More Permanently and Using Bilingualism at Work
24 Relationships
25 Raising Children Monolingually or Bilingually and the Reasons Given
26 Access to Culture as Adults
27 Accents
28 Learning Additional Languages
Part 6: Overall Analysis and Recommendations
29 Factors Linked to Success or Failure
30 Recommendations to Parents Raising Multilingual Children
31 Suggested Reading
About Waltham Forest Bilingual Group and How This Project Got Started