1st Edition
Supporting Multilingual Learners in the Early Years Many Languages - Many Children
1. Understanding Multilingualism 2. Language at Home and Beyond 3. Language and Identity 4. Learning a Language: Learning Another 5. Effective Classrooms or Settings for Bilingual Children: The Survival of First Language 6. Effective Classrooms for Bilingual Learners: Teaching English as an Additional Language 7. Assessing Bilingual Learners 8. Working with the Parents of Bilingual Children 9. Language and Thought Endnote: Bilingual Education: Why Should we Bother?
Biography
Sandra Smidt was formerly Principal Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at the University of East London. She is now an educational consultant, working with the University of East London. Sandra’s other books available from Routledge are A Guide to Early Years Practice (third edition, 2007); The Developing Child in the Twenty-First Century; and Observing, Assessing and Planning for Children in The Early Years: A Reader.
'By looking in depth at the acquisition of language the book provides an insightful and interesting read for all practitioners, not just those directly concerned with supporting multilingual children.' - Early Years Update
