Sandra Smidt

Multilingualism in the Early Years

Extending the limits of our world

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Multilingualism in the Early Years is a highly accessible text that examines the political, theoretical, ideological and practical issues involved in the education of children speaking two or more languages. Drawing on current research and thinking about the advantages and disadvantages of being multilingual, Smidt uses powerful case studies to reveal how language or languages are acquired. She explores language in terms of who shares it, its relationship to class, culture, power, identity and thinking, and its fascinating role as it moves between the personal to the public and political .

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 173mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9781138942455
• ISBN-10: 1138942456
• Artikelnr.: 44345576

Autorenporträt

Sandra Smidt is a writer and consultant in early years education.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1. 1. My language/languages 2. Being bilingual 3. How language can
define you 4. How we acquire our first and subsequent languages. Part 2 5.
language/languages in the school curriculum 6. the pedagogical and social
reasons for children being able to use their mother tongue or first
language in their early learning 7. a brief history of minority education
in the UK Part 3 8. Making sense of a new world 9. Understanding
multimodality and translanguaging in early education 10. The threat of a
good example: Celebrating and supporting young bilingual learners 11.
Implications for practitioners Part 4 12. Which children? Whose rights? 13.
Performing culture 14. Language and identity 15. Preserving language an
culture 16. Pedagogy, politics and poverty