Welcoming linguistic diversity in early childhood classrooms : learning from international schools

Welcoming linguistic diversity in early childhood classrooms : learning from international schools / edited by Edna Murphy.

Teachers in multilingual classrooms have been working for some years to improve their repertoire of ways to address the needs of very young children who enter school not speaking the language of instruction. The work of 22 seasoned teachers and administrators in international schools all over the wo...

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Other Authors: Murphy, Edna
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol, UK ; Tonawanda, NY : Multilingual Matters, ©2011.
Series:Parents' and teachers' guides ; 13.
Subjects:
Language arts (Early childhood)
Early childhood education > Cross-cultural studies.
Child development > Cross-cultural studies.
Multicultural education.
Teaching skills & techniques.
EDUCATION > Elementary.
Child development
Early childhood education
Multicultural education
Cross-cultural studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Introduction; Section 1; Chapter 1 Young Children Have Stories to Share; Chapter 2 Using Multilingual Strategies in Monolingual Early Childhood Classrooms; Chapter 3 A Year with Five Beginners: Excerpts from the Journal of a First-Grade Teacher; Chapter 4 Developing the Basic English Language Skills of Young Children in a Linguistically Diverse Classroom; Chapter 5 An International School Celebrates its Diversity; Chapter 6 An Amazing Journey: Making English Language Learners Successful; Chapter 7 The Importance of Maintaining Mother Tongue and Culture in the Classroom.
  • Section 2Chapter 8 Young Mathematicians: Global Learners; Chapter 9 Meeting the Needs of Young Second-Language Learners who Struggle; Chapter 10 The Benefits of Sign Language in the International Preschool Curriculum; Chapter 11 Addressing Transition and Mobility Issues with English Language Learners in the Early Childhood Years; Chapter 12 Music: The Universal Language; Chapter 13 Italiano Sì! Sì!: Teaching Italian through PE; Chapter 14 The Role of the Library in Supporting Young Language Learners and their Families.
  • Chapter 15 Breaking the Silence: One School's Solution to a Noncommunicative ClassChapter 16 Library Programming for Young English Language Learners; Section 3; Chapter 17 Listening to Parents: Acknowledging the Range of Linguistic and Cultural Experience in an Early Childhood Classroom; Chapter 18 Writing and Implementing a Language Policy in the Primary Section of a Linguistically Diverse School; Chapter 19 Maintaining Mother Tongue and Home Culture in a Child's School Experience; Chapter 20 Joining the Mother-Tongue Conversation from an Administrator's Perspective.

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