Language and Literacy in Bilingual Children

2002-01-01
Language and Literacy in Bilingual Children

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  • Author: D. Kimbrough Oller
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 9781853595707
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 322

This book sets a high standard for rigor and scientific approach to the study of bilingualism and provides new insights regarding the critical issues of theory and practice, including the interdependence of linguistic knowledge in bilinguals, the role of socioeconomic status, the effect of different language usage patterns in the home, and the role of schooling by single-language immersion as opposed to systematic training in both home and target languages. The rich landscape of outcomes reported in the volume will provide a frame for interpretation and understanding of effects of bilingualism for years to come.

Multilingual Literacy

2021-01-21
Multilingual Literacy

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  • Author: Esther Odilia Breuer
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 1800410700
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 301

This book investigates multilingual literacy practices, explores the technology applied in different educational frameworks, the centrality of multilingual literacy in non-formal, informal and formal educational contexts, as well as its presence in everyday life. Thematically clustered in four parts, the chapters present an overview of theory related to multilingual literacy, address the methodological challenges of research in the area, describe and evaluate projects set up to foster multilingual literacy in a variety of educational contexts, analyze the literacy practices of multilinguals and their contribution to language and literacy acquisition. This volume aims to initiate a change in paradigms, shifting from structured and conservative problematizations to inclusive and diverse conceptualizations and practices. To that end, the book showcases explorations of different methodologies and needs in formal and non-formal educational systems; and it serves as a springboard for developing multivocal participatory spaces with opportunities for learning and identity-building for all multilinguals, across different settings, languages, ages and contexts.

Children’s Multilingual Literacy

2020-10-22
Children’s Multilingual Literacy

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  • Author: Pauline Harris
  • Publisher: Springer Nature
  • ISBN: 9811565872
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 333

This book offers a comprehensive report on a three-year, cross-cultural, critical participatory action research study, conducted in children’s homes and communities in Fiji. This project contributed to building sustainable local capacity in communities without access to early childhood services, so as to promote preschool children’s literacy development in their home languages and English. The book includes rich descriptions of the young children’s lived, multilingual literacy practices in their home and community contexts. This work advances research-based practices for fostering young children’s multilingual literacy and building community capacity in a post-colonial Pasifika context; further, it shares valuable insights into processes and complexities that are inherent to multiliteracy and cross-cultural research.

Bilingual Children's Language and Literacy Development

2003-01-01
Bilingual Children's Language and Literacy Development

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  • Author: Roger Barnard
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 9781853597114
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 304

This book contains case studies relating the experience of bilingual children in various settings in New Zealand primary schools. The contexts include a Maori bilingual school, a Samoan bilingual unit, and mainstream classrooms which cater for immigrant and deaf children. Suggestions for educational policy, teacher development and research are made.

Learning to Read and Write in the Multilingual Family

2011
Learning to Read and Write in the Multilingual Family

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  • Author: Xiao-Lei Wang
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 1847693695
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 190

Xiao-lei Wang received her doctoral degree from the University of Chicago in 1992. She is a full professor in the School of Education at Pace University in New York. Her research covers a wide range of topics such as cultural parenting styles, effects of nonverbal communication in teaching and learning, multilingual acquisition and development, and moral development. Her recent book Growing up with Three Languages: Birth to Eleven documented the simultaneous trilingual development of her own two children. Dr. Wang is a regular speaker on child development and parenting in local, national and international parents? associations and academic conferences.

Language, Learning, and Disability in the Education of Young Bilingual Children

2021-04-27
Language, Learning, and Disability in the Education of Young Bilingual Children

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  • Author: Dina C. Castro
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 1800411863
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 265

Using an interdisciplinary perspective to discuss the intersection of language development and learning processes, this book summarizes current knowledge and represents the most critical issues regarding early childhood research, policy, and practice related to young bilingual children with disabilities. The book begins with a conceptual framework focusing on the intersection between the fields of early childhood education, bilingual education, and special education. It goes on to review and discuss the role of bilingualism in young children’s development and the experiences of young bilingual children with disabilities in early care and education settings, including issues of eligibility and access to care, instruction, and assessment. The book explores family experiences, teacher preparation, accountability, and policy, ending with recommendations for future research which will inform both policies and practices for the education of young bilingual children with disabilities. This timely volume provides valuable guidance for teachers, administrators, policymakers, and researchers.

Children's Multilingual Development and Education

2016
Children's Multilingual Development and Education

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  • Author: Alison L. Bailey
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 1107042445
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 343

A study of the beliefs and practices of parents and educators raising future generations of multilingual children.

Assessing Multilingual Children

2015
Assessing Multilingual Children

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  • Author: Sharon Armon-Lotem
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 1783093129
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 376

This book presents a comprehensive set of tools for assessing the linguistic abilities of bilingual children. It aims to disentangle effects of bilingualism from those of Specific Language Impairment (SLI), making use of both models of bilingualism and models of language impairment.

Reading and Writing with English Learners

2020-09-15
Reading and Writing with English Learners

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  • Author: Valentina Gonzalez
  • Publisher: SEIDLITZ EDUCATION, LLC
  • ISBN: 1732194874
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 143

Reading & Writing with English Learners offers kindergarten through fifth grade reading and writing educators a user-friendly guide and framework for supporting English learners in balanced literacy classrooms. Authors Valentina Gonzalez and Melinda Miller lead readers in exploring the components of Reading & Writing with English Learners with a special eye for increasing the effectiveness of instructional methods and quality of instruction to serve English learners. This book shares practical and effective techniques for accommodating reading and writing instruction to design learning that simultaneously increases literacy and language development. Reading & Writing with English Learners was written for: • K-5 Classroom Teachers • ESL Teachers • Reading and Writing Instructional Coaches • District Leaders Reading & Writing with English Learners includes: • the components of Reading & Writing Workshop • accommodations that support English Learners • high yield practices for Reading & Writing Workshop during remote teaching • the role of phonics • a culturally inclusive booklist • activities that support Reading & Writing Workshop And more!

Raising Multilingual Children

2017-03-29
Raising Multilingual Children

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  • Author: Julia Festman
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 1783097590
  • Category : Family & Relationships
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 112

Have you ever been told that raising your child to speak multiple languages will harm their development? Are teachers or other professionals suspicious of your efforts? Are you sometimes unsure if you are helping your child’s language development, or are you uncertain where to start? It is increasingly recognised among researchers that, far from harming a child’s development, being exposed to multiple languages from birth or early childhood can result in linguistic, creative and social advantages. The authors, all multilinguals themselves, parents of multilingual children, and researchers on language and multilingualism, aim to provide advice and inspiration for multilingual families across the world. The latest research on multilingualism and the authors’ own experiences are used to provide a friendly, accessible guide to raising and nurturing happy multilingual children.