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