Understanding Language and Literacy Development

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Diverse Learners in the Classroom

By Xiao-lei Wang

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Understanding Language and Literacy Development: Diverse Learners in the Classroom provides practical strategies to support culturally and linguistically diverse students. It explores language and literacy development across infancy, childhood, and adolescence, highlighting tailored approaches for learners with varying linguistic abilities. The book addresses monolingual, multilingual, and language impairment experiences, and discusses multiple literacies including digital forms. Through activities and reflective questions, it encourages educators to develop personalised perspectives, linking language growth with identity and motivation.
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This book is ideal for pre-service and practising teachers seeking to enrich their understanding of language acquisition and literacy within diverse classroom settings. It is also beneficial for education students and professionals interested in contemporary strategies to support learners of all ages and linguistic backgrounds.

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.

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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 contextualise 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.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780470674307

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 October 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 243.0mm

Weight: 717g

Pages: 480

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About the Author

Xiao-lei Wang is a Professor in the School of Education at Pace University. She has published extensively in academic journals and is the author of Growing up with Three Languages and Learning to Read and Write in the Multilingual Family.