Supporting multilingual learners in the early years : many languages--many children /

Smidt, Sandra, 1943-

Supporting multilingual learners in the early years : many languages--many children / Sandra Smidt. - viii, 149 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Nursery world/Routledge essential guides for early years practitioners . - Nursery world/Routledge essential guides for early years practitioners. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-141) and index.

Understanding multilingualism -- Language at home and beyond -- Language and identity -- Learning a language : learning another -- Issues in effective teaching 1: mother-tongue support in learning -- Issues in effective teaching 2: learning a second language -- Assessing bilingual learners -- Working with the parents of bilingual children: the importance of partnerships -- Language and thought -- Bilingual education : why should we bother?

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2007017449


Children of immigrants--Education
Linguistic minorities.
Bilingualism in children.

LC3745 / .S63 2008

371.826912

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