All children can benefit from the language activities they have engaged in at home and, as part of the curriculum, prepare themselves to be writers, comparing script systems and preparing texts for specific purposes. Charmian Kenner grounds her work in a theoretical framework which unites research on emergent literacy with that on bilingual learning. She has drawn on her research in a south London nursery class to produce this lively illustrated account of how bilingual children come to grips with written language.
This book is for all infant and early years teachers who want to build on children's home backgrounds when helping them to understand how language works. It will also be invaluable to students of bilingualism, EMTAG teams and to teacher educators.
