Connects language and literacy development to identity and motivation to contextualize learning
Table of Contents
Detailed Contents vii
Acknowledgments xix
About the Companion Website xx
About the Book 1
Part I Introduction 13
1 Working with Diverse Students: Some Important Issues 15
2 Complex Factors That Influence Language Acquisition and Literacy Development 33
Language Sample Analysis I 60
Part II Developing Language and Emergent Literacies: Divergent Abilities in Infancy and Early Childhood (Birth to 5) 63
3 Acquiring One Linguistic System: First Language Acquisition 65
4 Acquiring More Than One Linguistic System: Multilingual First Language Acquisition 111
5 Acquiring First Language(s) with Difficulties 143
Language Sample Analysis II 177
Part III Developing Language and Literacies: Divergent Abilities in Middle Childhood (6–11) 181
6 Typical Development of Language and Literacies in Middle Childhood 183
7 Learning a New Language in Middle Childhood 224
8 Language Impairment in Middle Childhood 259
Language Sample Analysis III 282
Part IV Developing Language and Literacies: Divergent Abilities in Adolescence (12–18) 289
9 Typical Development of Language and Literacies in Adolescence 291
10 Learning English As a New Language in Adolescence 320
11 Language Impairment in Adolescence 354
Language Sample Analysis IV 369
Part V Theoretical Perspectives on Language and Literacy Development and Learning 375
12 Theories That Explain Language Acquisition and Literacy Development 377
Exit Self-Evaluation 405
Appendix: Examples of Standardized Language Assessments 408
Glossary 410
References 423
Index 448
