Multimodal Communication in Young Multilingual Children

Jieun Kiaer is Professor of Korean Linguistics at the University of Oxford, UK. Her research focuses on language acquisition and translanguaging, and her recent publications include Young Children’s Foreign Language Anxiety: The Case of South Korea (with Jessica M. Morgan-Brown and Naya Choi, Multilingual Matters, 2021).

• FiguresAcknowledgementsNotes on RomanisationNotes on VideosPrefaceChapter 1. Everyday Talk: Beyond Languages and CulturesChapter 2. Linguistic Tapestry of a Multilingual FamilyChapter 3. Learning Together: A Case StudyChapter 4. Attitudes and EmotionsChapter 5. Politeness MattersChapter 6. Talking with ParentsChapter 7. Talking with Grandparents, Wider Family, and CarersChapter 8. Sibling and Peer TalkEpilogue: Towards a Culture of TranslanguagingReferencesIndex

This book is a valuable record of children acquiring two languages, English and Korean. Readers are given an insight into children’s language development in the context of the ecological system of communities and cultures, communicating with their parents, siblings, grandparents, nannies and peers. The author’s 'mother’s gaze' will be of great help not only to academics but also to parents who raise their children in multiple languages.