TY - BOOK AU - Smidt,Sandra TI - Supporting multilingual learners in the early years: many languages--many children T2 - Nursery world/Routledge essential guides for early years practitioners SN - 0415438004 AV - LC3745 .S63 2008 U1 - 371.826912 22 PY - 2008/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Children of immigrants KW - Education KW - Linguistic minorities KW - Bilingualism in children N1 - 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? ER -