Home Pages: Literacy Links for Bilingual Children - Couverture souple

Kenner, Charmian

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1858562120 ISBN 13 : 9781858562124

Editeur : Trentham Books Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

Home Pages This book aims to show how teachers can build on children's home experience when they write in the classroom. It offers practical guidance on creating a multilingual literacy environment in the early years, which includes encouraging families to bring materials in home languages into school. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

By the time children come to school they have participated in literacy events in English and perhaps other languages at home. The texts used in these events such as alphabet charts, calendars, newspapers and videos are significant, helping children to understand how written language works. This book aims to show how teachers can build on children's home experience when they write in the classroom. Based on a year-long research project in a south London nursery class, the book offers practical guidance on creating a multilingual literacy environment in the early years. Ideas include finding out about children's literacy worlds, encouraging families to bring materials in home languages into school and inviting parents to act as readers and writers in the classroom. Case studies show how children can all benefit from multilingual literacy activities as part of the curriculum , finding a role for themselves as writers, comparing script systems, and preparing texts for specific purposes. The author grounds her discussion in a theoretical framework which unites research on emergent literacy with that on bilingual learning and illustrates this lively account with examples of children's writing.

Revue de presse :

...very readable... a useful guide for infant and early years teachers and all those wanting to develop their understanding of working with bilingual children. --Literacy Today

Kenner s slimmer volume is attractively produced and has many photograph s and examples of lively work by 3, 4 and 5-year-olds . The author is an educator and researcher who demonstrates a passionate commitment to helping bilingual children build on their existing knowledge of everyday language and literacy. This is encapsulate d in her work with parents, children and teachers as they create home pages in the classroom and engage in literacy dialogues. --Early Years, Vol. 21, No. 2, 2001

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Trentham Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1858562120
• ISBN 13: 9781858562124
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 99