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Bilinguality and Literacy: Principles and Practice
Contributor(s): Datta, Manjula (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0826493300     ISBN-13: 9780826493309
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
OUR PRICE: $55.60  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2007
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Annotation: Applying theory and research findings to classroom practice, Bilinguality and Literacy demonstrates how bilingual children can benefit from well informed and integrative strategies that allow bilinguals to interact with both their languages and cultures to develop literacy and literature at a high level. Children's voices are strong in the book in the case studies and examples of children's work. This rich and optimistic book argues that bilingual children's literacy learning in English is an intercultural process. This new edition has been revised, updated and expanded to include recent research, and addresses the Ofsted (2003) statement that fluent bilingual pupils struggle with writing. Bilinguality and Literacy will be of interest to undergraduate students of applied linguistics, teacher training courses, and academics researching multilingualism and literacy.
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BISAC Categories:
- Education
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General
Dewey: 372.652
Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.54" W x 9.17" L (0.85 lbs) 252 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
 
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The new edition of Bilinguality and Literacy argues that bilingual children's literacy learning in English is necessarily an intercultural process. Children's voices are strong in this revised, updated and expanded edition and looks closely at bilingual children's writing development in view of the Ofsted statement that 'fluent bilingual pupils struggle with writing (2003).' Bilinguality and Literacy will be of interest to undergraduate students of applied linguistics, teacher training courses, and academics researching multilingualism and literacy.

Contributor Bio(s): Datta, Manjula: - Manjula Datta is Senior Lecturer in Bilingualism and Language Education at London Metropolitan University, UK, and is the co-author of A World of Languages: Developing Children's Love of Languages, CILT: 2004. She was an active member of the ESOL and TESOL Review Board at Trinity College, London, UK, for five years.
 
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