Multimodal Literacies in Young Emergent Bilinguals

Beyond Print-Centric Practices

Edited by Sally Brown, Ling Hao

Publication date:

29 April 2022

Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Dimensions:

234x156mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781800412354

This book presents research focused on young emergent bilingual children’s multimodal meaning-making processes in diverse cultural and linguistic settings. Chapters draw on a range of theoretical frameworks and expand on traditional notions of literacy, especially for students who are working to learn English as a new language. The insights into original research studies will help readers understand the many avenues that one can take as a practitioner in order to ensure that student assets are built upon to promote positive literate identities and learning experiences and, ultimately, to promote literacy success for diverse learners. Each chapter includes practical pedagogical recommendations and implications for teachers that can immediately be applied to classrooms, making the book an essential resource for using multiple modes to teach literacy with diverse student populations.

With theoretical prowess and a close eye on practice, this collection of carefully edited research honors the vibrancy of linguistic, semiotic, and material dexterity at work among bilingual children. Offering a global perspective, it reinvigorates our desire to learn from what truly becomes and what is possible in bilingual learning spaces.