Early Biliteracy Development

Exploring Young Learners' Use of Their Linguistic Resources

 

Preface

Chapter 1
Introduction
Mileidis Gort, Eurydice B. Bauer

Part I: Emergence of Biliteracy: The Preschool Years

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Chapter 2
Supporting the Early Development of Biliteracy: The Role of Parents and Caregivers
Eurydice B. Bauer, Dumisile Mkhize

Chapter 3
Literacy Practices and Language Use Among Latino Emergent Bilingual Children in Preschool Contexts
Lucinda Soltero-González, Iliana Reyes

Chapter 4
Learning How to Write in English and Chinese: Young Bilingual Kindergarten and First Grade Children Explore the Similarities and Differences Between Writing Systems
David Yaden, Jr., Tina Tsai

Part II: Biliteracy Development in Early Elementary School

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Chapter 5
Evaluation and Revision Processes of Young Bilinguals in a Dual Language Program
Mileidis Gort

Chapter 6
Zehra's Story: Becoming Biliterate in Turkish and English
Zeynep Camlibel, Georgia Garcia

Chapter 7
Traveling on the Biliteracy Highway: Framing Biliteracy From Students' Writings
María Fránquiz

Chapter 8
The Evolution of Biliterate Writing Development Through Simultaneous Bilingual Literacy Instruction
Wendy Sparrow, Sandra Butvilofsky, Kathy Escamilla

Part III: Reflections and Future Directions

Chapter 9
Reflections and Directions for Biliteracy Research
Eurydice B. Bauer, Mileidis Gort

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About the Authors

 

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