Eowyn Crisfield is founder and principal of Crisfield Educational Consulting and Senior Lecturer in TESOL at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has delivered her family language planning programme and insights through seminars, family language planning consultations, school consultations and her blog, On Raising Bilingual Children, for over 15 years. Eowyn and her mostly-monolingual partner are raising three multilingual children...with varying degrees of success!

• Acknowledgements and ThanksIntroduction: About the BookThe Structure of the BookChapter 1: Demystifying BilingualismThe Case for BilingualismMoving from Fiction to FactChapter 2: Family Language PlanningSet Your GoalsCreating a Family Language PlanChapter 3: Supporting your Family Language PlanConversations with Your ChildrenConversations with Other PeopleKnow When to Get HelpConcluding RemarksGlossary of TermsAppendix A: Sample Family Language PlanAppendix B: School Planner BibliographyIndex

This is a clear, engaging, and accessible guide for parents who are interested in raising their children with more than one language. Evidence-informed, yet simultaneously structured and written so as to truly facilitate parents’ reflection and engagement, it offers practical and realistic advice. A must-read for any parent interested in bestowing the gift of language onto their children.

Eowyn Crisfield is founder and principal of Crisfield Educational Consulting and Senior Lecturer in TESOL at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has delivered her family language planning programme and insights through seminars, family language planning consultations, school consultations and her blog, On Raising Bilingual Children, for over 15 years. Eowyn and her mostly-monolingual partner are raising three multilingual children...with varying degrees of success!

• Acknowledgements and ThanksIntroduction: About the BookThe Structure of the BookChapter 1: Demystifying BilingualismThe Case for BilingualismMoving from Fiction to FactChapter 2: Family Language PlanningSet Your GoalsCreating a Family Language PlanChapter 3: Supporting your Family Language PlanConversations with Your ChildrenConversations with Other PeopleKnow When to Get HelpConcluding RemarksGlossary of TermsAppendix A: Sample Family Language PlanAppendix B: School Planner BibliographyIndex

This is a clear, engaging, and accessible guide for parents who are interested in raising their children with more than one language. Evidence-informed, yet simultaneously structured and written so as to truly facilitate parents’ reflection and engagement, it offers practical and realistic advice. A must-read for any parent interested in bestowing the gift of language onto their children.

Eowyn Crisfield is founder and principal of Crisfield Educational Consulting and Senior Lecturer in TESOL at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has delivered her family language planning programme and insights through seminars, family language planning consultations, school consultations and her blog, On Raising Bilingual Children, for over 15 years. Eowyn and her mostly-monolingual partner are raising three multilingual children...with varying degrees of success!

• Acknowledgements and ThanksIntroduction: About the BookThe Structure of the BookChapter 1: Demystifying BilingualismThe Case for BilingualismMoving from Fiction to FactChapter 2: Family Language PlanningSet Your GoalsCreating a Family Language PlanChapter 3: Supporting your Family Language PlanConversations with Your ChildrenConversations with Other PeopleKnow When to Get HelpConcluding RemarksGlossary of TermsAppendix A: Sample Family Language PlanAppendix B: School Planner BibliographyIndex

This is a clear, engaging, and accessible guide for parents who are interested in raising their children with more than one language. Evidence-informed, yet simultaneously structured and written so as to truly facilitate parents’ reflection and engagement, it offers practical and realistic advice. A must-read for any parent interested in bestowing the gift of language onto their children.