Multimodal Literacies in Young Emergent Bilinguals - Beyond Print-Centric Practices

This book presents research focused on young emergent bilingual children's multimodal meaning-making processes in diverse cultural and linguistic settings. Each chapter includes practical pedagogical recommendations, making it an essential resource for using multiple modes to teach literacy with diverse student populations.

About the author

Sally Brown is a Professor of Literacy Education at Georgia Southern University where she teaches pre-service and in-service teachers. Her research focuses on supporting emergent bilingual children as they navigate learning English in classrooms while maintaining the first language. Sally is interested in the ways that digital tools can support a multimodal approach to literacy learning where emergent bilinguals draw from their vast resources in order to construct meaning. She is the co-editor of Multimodal Literacies in Young Emergent Bilinguals: Beyond Print-Centric Practices (2022).
Ling Hao is a PhD candidate at the University of South Carolina, USA. Her research focuses on exploring emergent bilingual children’s multimodal meaning-making process and promoting the literacy development of students with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

Summary

This book presents research focused on young emergent bilingual children’s multimodal meaning-making processes in diverse cultural and linguistic settings. Each chapter includes practical pedagogical recommendations, making it an essential resource for using multiple modes to teach literacy with diverse student populations.

Product details

• Assisted by: Sally Brown (Editor), Ling Hao (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9781800412347
• ISBN: 978-1-80041-234-7
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 480 g
• Series: New Perspectives on Language and Education; New Perspectives on Language a
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Special education; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > General, dictionaries; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, EDUCATION / Special Education / General, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Bilingualism and multilingualism, COMPUTERS / Social Aspects, Education of bilingual or multilingual students