Chapter 2. Being Trilingual or Multilingual: Is There a Price to Pay?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Part 1: Contexts of Trilingualism
5. Chapter 1. Exploring Multilingualism in Cultural Contexts: Towards a Notion of Multilinguality 11
6. Chapter 2. Being Trilingual or Multilingual: Is There a Price to Pay? 30
7. Part 2: Multilingual Language Use
8. Chapter 3. Language Practices of Trilingual Youth in Two Canadian Cities 53
9. Chapter 4. Language Crossing Among Adolescents in a Multiethnic City Area in Germany 75
10. Chapter 5. A Survey of Language Ability, Language Use and Language Attitudes of Young Aborigines in Taiwan 101
11. Chapter 6. Trilingual Input and Children’s Language Use in Trilingual Families in Flanders 118
12. Part 3: Language Policy and Education
13. Chapter 7. Creating and Implementing a Language Policy in the Israeli Educational System 139
14. Chapter 8. Trilingualism in Guinea-Bissau and the Question of Instructional Language 166
15. Chapter 9. Trilinguals at Four? Early Trilingual Education in the Basque Country 185
16. Chapter 10. Teaching English as a Third Language: The Effect of Attitudes and Motivation 202
17. Chapter 11. English as a Third Language in Bilingual Finland: Basic Communication or Academic Language? 219
18. Index 239