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Bilingual books : biliterate children learning to read through dual language books / Raymonde Sneddon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sneddon, Raymonde.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bilingualism--Great Britain.
- Bilingualism.
- Bilingual books--Great Britain.
- Bilingual books.
- Children--Books and reading--Great Britain.
- Children.
- Children--Books and reading.
- Language and education.
- Great Britain.
- Language and education--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 164 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Staffordshire, England : Trentham Books in partnership with Mantra Lingua, 2009.
- Summary:
- This fascinating study shows how young children work simultaneously in two languages to decode unfamiliar text, negotiate and explore the differences between their languages. Set in the context of current research and practice in relation to multiliteracy, personal and learner identity, and issues in translation, the book explores dual language book and their use in England since the 1980s.
- Developed form action research work by primary teachers at the University of East London and in the London Borough of Redbridge, the book follows seven children aged 6 to 10 as they use dual language story books to learn to read in Albanian, Urdu, Turkish, French and Gujerati, with the help of their mothers or their friends.
- Teachers, parents and researchers will find the book invaluable. It explores the nature and benefits of biliteracy and offers ideas and strategies for teaching young children languages, whether by developing their bilingualism or teaching them new ones.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Context and history 1
- Chapter 2 Language use and literacy practices in families and communities 27
- Chapter 3 Issues in identity 43
- Chapter 4 Issues in translation 55
- Chapter 5 Magda and Albana 69
- Chapter 6 The suraj, the sun, is inside the mashriq, and it comes out 85
- Chapter 7 Practice, pleasure and persistence Collaborative learning in Turkishd 99
- Chapter 8 Sarah the reader 113
- Chapter 9 Mohammed-learning to read in Gujarati 127
- Chapter 10 Bilingual books-biliterate children? 141.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-162) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1858564603
- 9781858564609
- OCLC:
- 316829308
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