Learning to Read and Write in the Multilingual Family

Learning to Read and Write in the Multilingual Family
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Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Total Pages : 190
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ISBN-10 : 9781847694997
ISBN-13 : 1847694993
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Book Synopsis Learning to Read and Write in the Multilingual Family by : Xiao-lei Wang

Download or read book Learning to Read and Write in the Multilingual Family written by Xiao-lei Wang and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2011-04-21 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a guide for parents who wish to raise children with more than one language and literacy. Drawing on interdisciplinary research, as well as the experiences of parents of multilingual children, this book walks parents through the multilingual reading and writing process from infancy to adolescence. It identifies essential literacy skills at each developmental stage and proposes effective strategies that facilitate multiliteracy, in particular, heritage-language literacy development in the home environment. This book can also be used as a reference for teachers who teach in community heritage language schools and in school heritage (or foreign) language programmes.


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