Literacy Development in the Multilingual Child: From Speaking to Writing

Iliana Reyes

doi:10.1017/9781108669771.021

Literacy Development in the Multilingual Child: From Speaking to Writing

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The chapter begins with a review of foundational studies on how monolingual children develop emergent literacy, then moves to explore how children develop multiliteracy by learning to interpret symbols and icons in their immediate contexts. The research shows that children find ways to experience and construct meaning from their local scripts in each of their multiple languages. Studies presented in this chapter show that children can interpret symbols in several different scripts, and that they find strategies to navigate multiple languages and become competent speakers in their communities.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Cambridge Handbook of Childhood Multilingualism
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	376-392
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9781108669771
ISBN (Print)	9781108484015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108669771.021
State	Published - Jan 1 2022

Keywords

Emergent Literacy
Linguistic Assets
Metalinguistic Awareness
Multiliteracy
Translanguaging

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Arts and Humanities
General Social Sciences

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Literacy Development in the Multilingual Child: From Speaking to Writing

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