Multilingualism in the Early Years - Extending the Limits of Our World

Informationen zum Autor Sandra Smidt is a writer and consultant in early years education. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Sandra Smidt
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.04.2016
• EAN: 9781138942448
• ISBN: 978-1-138-94244-8
• No. of pages: 150
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / General, Education, Primary & middle schools, Pre-school & kindergarten, Multicultural education, Pre-school and kindergarten, Primary and middle schools, Educational strategies and policy