Understanding language and literacy development
Subtitle: diverse learners in the classroom
By: Xiao-lei Wang
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; Wiley-Interscience
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 455
ISBN-13: 9780470674291; 9780470674307
Subjects: Linguistic minorities; Education; Children of minorities; Children with social disabilities; Children; Language; Language acquisition; Language awareness in children; Language and education; Multilingualism in children; Teachers; Training of; EDUCATION / Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading & Phonics
Description: "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  "--

"Connects language and literacy development to identity and motivation to contextualize learning styles for pre-service teachers"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-447) and index.