Learning to Read and Write in the Multilingual Family

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-84769-369-3
Verlag: Multilingual Matters

Buch, Englisch, Band 14, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 312 g

Reihe: Parents' and Teachers' Guides

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wang, Xiao-lei

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Spracherwerb, Sprachentwicklung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogik: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Mehrsprachigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Wang, Xiao-lei
Xiao-lei Wang is Dean and Full Professor at the Ruth S. Ammon College of Education and Health Sciences at Adelphi University in New York, United States. Her research focuses on multilingual language acquisition, nonverbal communication, and parent-child interaction. She has written numerous books, including three books written for parents of multilingual children.

Xiao-lei Wang is Professor and Acting Dean of the School of Education at Pace University, USA. She is the author of Growing up with Three Languages: Birth to Eleven (Multilingual Matters, 2008) and Learning to Read and Write in the Multilingual Family (Multilingual Matters, 2011). She is a regular speaker on child development and parenting at local, national and international parents’ associations and academic conferences.