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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456531203321

Autore

Wang Xiao-lei

Titolo

Learning to Read and Write in the Multilingual Family / / Xiao-lei Wang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Multilingual Matters, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

1-283-14776-9

9786613147769

1-84769-371-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Collana

Parents' and Teachers' Guides

Disciplina

372.65/1

Soggetti

Language acquisition - Parent participation

Multilingualism in children - Study and teaching

Native language - Education

Linguistic minorities

Languages & Literatures

Philology & Linguistics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.