Bilingual Books-Biliterate Children: Learning to Read Through Dual Language Books
This fascinating study shows how young children work simultaneously in two languages to decode unfamiliar text, negotiate meaning and explore the differences between their languages. Set in the context of current research and practice in relation to multiliteracy, personal and learner identity, and issues in translation, the book explores dual language books and their use since the 1980s.\ Developed from action research work by primary teachers, the book follows seven children aged 6 to 10 as...
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This fascinating study shows how young children work simultaneously in two languages to decode unfamiliar text, negotiate meaning and explore the differences between their languages. Set in the context of current research and practice in relation to multiliteracy, personal and learner identity, and issues in translation, the book explores dual language books and their use since the 1980s.Developed from action research work by primary teachers, the book follows seven children aged 6 to 10 as they use dual language storybooks to learn to read in Albanian, Urdu, Turkish, French and Gujerati, with the help of their mothers or their friends. Teachers, parents and researchers will find the book invaluable. It explores the nature and benefits of biliteracy and offers ideas and strategies for teaching young children languages, whether by developing their bilingualism or teaching them new ones.
Acknowledgements viIntroduction viiChapter 1 Context and history 1Chapter 2 Language use and literacy practices in families and communities 27Chapter 3 Issues in identity 43Chapter 4 Issues in translation 55Chapter 5 Magda and Albana 69Chapter 6 The suraj, the sun, is inside the mashriq, and it comes out 85Chapter 7 Practice, pleasure and persistence Collaborative learning in Turkishd 99Chapter 8 Sarah the reader 113Chapter 9 Mohammed-learning to read in Gujarati 127Chapter 10 Bilingual books-biliterate children? 141Appendix Practical ideas for the classroom: further reading 149Websites resources 151References 155Index 163
