Learning to read and write in the multilingual family / Xiao-lei Wang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wang, Xiao-Lei, 1959-

Series:

Parents' and teachers' guides ; 14.

Parents' and teachers' guides ; 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language acquisition--Parent participation.

Language acquisition.

Multilingualism in children.

Native language--Study and teaching.

Native language.

Linguistic minorities--Education.

Linguistic minorities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a guide for parents who wish to raise children with more than one language and literacy. Drawing on interdisciplinary research, as well as the experiences of parents of multilingual children, this book walks parents through the multilingual reading and writing process from infancy to adolescence. It identifies essential literacy skills at each developmental stage and proposes effective strategies that facilitate multiliteracy, in particular, heritage-language literacy development in the home environment. This book can also be used as a reference for teachers who teach in community heritage language schools and in school heritage (or foreign) language programmes.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Understanding the Multilingual Reading and Writing Process

Chapter 3. The Importance of Active Planning

Chapter 4. Infancy and Early Childhood (Birth-5 Years)

Chapter 5. Middle Childhood (6-11 Years)

Chapter 6. Adolescence (12-18 Years)

Chapter 7. Parents’ Practices, Voices and Concluding Remarks

Appendix A: Useful References on Children with Cognitive and Language Learning Disabilities

Appendix B: Sample English Books for Infants and Young Children

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-14776-9

9786613147769

1-84769-371-7

OCLC:

741558847