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  • Learning to Read in a New Language

    Making Sense of Words and Worlds

    by Eve Gregory ...
    ′[This book] is a helpful edition to a field where there is a limited amount of good literature to support teachers dealing with second language acquisition in the classroom′ - ESCalate`Gregory′s book is an important and timely contribution to the literature on literacy, biliteracy, second language learning and early childhood education, synthesizing cutting-edge research, perspectives and ... Read more

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  • Many Pathways to Literacy

    Young Children Learning with Siblings, Grandparents, Peers and Communities

    This unique and visionary text is a compilation of fascinating studies conducted in a variety of cross-cultural settings where children learn language and literacy with siblings, grandparents, peers and community members. Focusing on the knowledge and skills of children often invisible to educators, these illuminating studies highlight how children skilfully draw from their varied cultural and ... Read more

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  • One Child, Many Worlds

    Early Learning in Multicultural Communities

    Edited by Eve Gregory ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Education and Multiculturalism
    Originally published in 1997. By drawing on the experiences of children aged 3 to 8 attending schools in Britain, Germany, Iceland, Australia and the USA, the authors of these eleven case studies provide insights into what it means for young children to enter a new language and culture in school. They look at the scope of out-of-school language and learning practices (the role of care givers, ... Read more

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  • Navigating Languages, Literacies and Identities

    Religion in Young Lives

    Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Multilingualism
    Navigating Languages, Literacies and Identities showcases innovative research at the interface of religion and multilingualism, offering an analytical focus on religion in children and adolescents’ everyday lives and experiences. The volume examines the connections between language and literacy practices and social identities associated with religion in a variety of sites of learning and ... Read more

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  • City Literacies

    Learning to Read Across Generations and Cultures

    Series series Literacies
    City Literacies explores the lives and literacies of different generations of people living in two contrasting areas of London at the end of the 20th century: Spitalfields and the City. This contrast outwardly symbolizes the huge difference between poverty and wealth existing in Britain at this time. The book presents a study of living, learning and reading as it has taken place in public settings ... Read more

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  • Bilingual Families

    A Practical Language Planning Guide

    Provides clear and practical advice for parents of multilingual children.Does your family or community speak more than one language? Do you wonder how to help your children successfully learn or keep those languages? Do you want your children to have the gift of bilingualism and aren’t sure where to start – or how to keep going?Every multilingual family has unique language needs. Bilingual ... Read more

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  • Educating Emergent Bilinguals

    Policies, Programs, and Practices for English Learners

    Series series Language and Literacy Series
    Now available in a revised and expanded edition, this accessible guide introduces readers to the issues and controversies surrounding the education of language minority students in the United States. What makes this book a perennial favorite are the succinct descriptions of alternative practices for transforming our schools and students’ futures, such as building on students’ home languages and ... Read more

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  • Translanguaging with Multilingual Students

    Learning from Classroom Moments

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  • Learning to Read and Write in the Multilingual Family

    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 skills at each developmental stage and proposes effective strategies that facilitate multiliteracy, in particular, heritage-language literacy development in the home ... Read more

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  • L.S. Vygotsky and Education

    by Luis C. Moll ...
    Series series Routledge Key Ideas in Education
    Vygotsky’s legacy in education is enduring and prolific, influencing educational research and scholarship in areas as far ranging child development, language and literacy development, bilingual education, and learning disabilities to name but a few. In this accessible, introductory volume, renowned Vygtosky authority Luis C. Moll presents a summary of Vygtoskian core concepts, constituting a ... Read more

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  • The Handbook of Bilingualism and Multilingualism

    Series series Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
    **Honored as a 2013 Choice Outstanding Academic Title**Comprising state-of-the-art research, this substantially expanded and revised Handbook discusses the latest global and interdisciplinary issues across bilingualism and multilingualism.Includes the addition of ten new authors to the contributor team, and coverage of seven new topics ranging from global media to heritage language ... Read more

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