Language, Learning, and Disability in the Education of Young Bilingual Children
Language, Learning, and Disability in the Education of Young Bilingual Children

Author: Dina C. Castro

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 2021-04-27

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1800411863

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Using an interdisciplinary perspective to discuss the intersection of language development and learning processes, this book summarizes current knowledge and represents the most critical issues regarding early childhood research, policy, and practice related to young bilingual children with disabilities. The book begins with a conceptual framework focusing on the intersection between the fields of early childhood education, bilingual education, and special education. It goes on to review and discuss the role of bilingualism in young children’s development and the experiences of young bilingual children with disabilities in early care and education settings, including issues of eligibility and access to care, instruction, and assessment. The book explores family experiences, teacher preparation, accountability, and policy, ending with recommendations for future research which will inform both policies and practices for the education of young bilingual children with disabilities. This timely volume provides valuable guidance for teachers, administrators, policymakers, and researchers.

Bilingual Development in Childhood
Bilingual Development in Childhood

Author: Annick De Houwer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-05-13

Total Pages: 155

ISBN-13: 1108853838

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In the first decade of life, children become bilingual in different language learning environments. Many children start learning two languages from birth (Bilingual First Language Acquisition). In early childhood hitherto monolingual children start hearing a second language through daycare or preschool (Early Second Language Acquisition). Yet other hitherto monolingual children in middle childhood may acquire a second language only after entering school (Second Language Acquisition). This Element explains how these different language learning settings dynamically affect bilingual children's language learning trajectories. All children eventually learn to speak the societal language, but they often do not learn to fluently speak their non-societal language and may even stop speaking it. Children's and families' harmonious bilingualism is threatened if bilingual children do not develop high proficiency in both languages. Educational institutions and parental conversational practices play a pivotal role in supporting harmonious bilingual development.

Bilingual Children
Bilingual Children

Author: Jürgen M. Meisel

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-06-27

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1107181364

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This practical and reassuring guide will enable readers to make informed decisions about how to raise their child bilingually.

Language and Literacy in Bilingual Children
Language and Literacy in Bilingual Children

Author: D. Kimbrough Oller

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9781853595707

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This book sets a high standard for rigor and scientific approach to the study of bilingualism and provides new insights regarding the critical issues of theory and practice, including the interdependence of linguistic knowledge in bilinguals, the role of socioeconomic status, the effect of different language usage patterns in the home, and the role of schooling by single-language immersion as opposed to systematic training in both home and target languages. The rich landscape of outcomes reported in the volume will provide a frame for interpretation and understanding of effects of bilingualism for years to come.

Preschool Bilingual Education
Preschool Bilingual Education

Author: Mila Schwartz

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-05-23

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 3319772287

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This volume provides an up-to-date collection of key aspects related to current preschool bilingual education research from a socio-linguistic perspective. The focus is on preschool bilingual education in multilingual Europe, which is characterized by diverse language models and children's linguistic backgrounds. The book explores the contemporary perspectives on early bilingual education in light of the threefold theoretical framework of child's, teachers', and parents' agencies in interaction in preschool bilingual education. Five significant theoretical concepts are promoted in this volume: the ecology of language learning, an educational partnership for bilingualism, a notion of agency in early language development and education, language-conducive contexts, and language-conducive strategies. The volume examines preschool bilingual education as embedded in specific socio-cultural contexts on the one hand and highlights its universal features on the other. The book is a fundamental read for scholars and students of second language teaching, preschool education, and bilingual education in multilingual and multicultural societies.

Teaching Dual Language Learners
Teaching Dual Language Learners

Author: Lisa M. López

Publisher: Paul H Brookes Publishing

Published: 2020-08

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9781681253862

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"Teaching Dual Language Learners is a practical guide to help early childhood educators understand the needs of and provide instruction for young dual language learners in their classroom"--

Early Childhood Education from an Intercultural and Bilingual Perspective
Early Childhood Education from an Intercultural and Bilingual Perspective

Author: Cristina A. Huertas-Abril

Publisher: Information Science Reference

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781522551690

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"This book identifies ways of intertwining key areas of early childhood education, namely: intercultural education, bilingual education, and the role of play and toys as means for meaningful intercultural and multilingual learning, among others"--

Bilingualism in Development
Bilingualism in Development

Author: Ellen Bialystok

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001-04-16

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9780521635073

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Describes how intellectual development of bilingual children differs from that of monolingual children.

Bilingual Children's Language and Literacy Development
Bilingual Children's Language and Literacy Development

Author: Roger Barnard

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9781853597114

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This book contains case studies relating the experience of bilingual children in various settings in New Zealand primary schools. The contexts include a Maori bilingual school, a Samoan bilingual unit, and mainstream classrooms which cater for immigrant and deaf children. Suggestions for educational policy, teacher development and research are made.