Understanding language and literacy development diverse learners in the classroom

Understanding Language and Literacy Development: Diverse Learners in the Classroom offers effective supporting strategies to address the cultural and linguistic diversity of students in contemporary classrooms. * Discusses learners with different linguistic abilities—infancy, early childhood, middle...

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Main Author: Wang, Xiao-Lei
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester Wiley 2014
Wiley-Blackwell
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Edition:1
Subjects:
Children
Children > Language
Children of minorities
Children of minorities > Education > United States
Children with social disabilities
Children with social disabilities > Education > United States
EDUCATION
EDUCATION / Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading & Phonics. bisacsh
Language
Language acquisition
Language and education
Language arts (Elementary)
Language awareness in children
Linguistic minorities
Linguistic minorities > Education > United States
Multilingualism in children
Reading (Elementary)
Teachers > Training of
United States
ISBN:9780470674291, 0470674296, 047067430X, 9780470674307, 9781118885901, 1118885902
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Summary:Understanding Language and Literacy Development: Diverse Learners in the Classroom offers effective supporting strategies to address the cultural and linguistic diversity of students in contemporary classrooms. * Discusses learners with different linguistic abilities—infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence—by suggesting effective ways to reach them based on their strengths and needs * Emphasizes language and literacy supporting strategies in a variety of everyday classroom settings * Includes activities and questions to motivate readers to think and develop their own perspectives on language and literacy development * Considers a variety of different language acquisition experiences, including monolingual, multilingual, and language impairment * Discusses different types of literacies, including digital and hypertext * Connects language and literacy development to identity and motivation to contextualize learning styles for pre-service teachers * Supported by a companion website that includes additional resources such as PowerPoint presentations by chapter and a summary of relevant information from the Common Core K–12 English Language Arts Standards
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-447) and index
ISBN:9780470674291
0470674296
047067430X
9780470674307
9781118885901
1118885902