Understanding Language and Literacy Development

Xiao-lei Wang is a Professor in the School of Education at Pace University, USA. She has published extensively in academic journals and is the author of Learning to Read and Write in the Multilingual Family (2011) and Growing up with Three Languages (2008).

• Detailed Contents viiAcknowledgments xixAbout the Companion Website xxAbout the Book 1Part I Introduction 131 Working with Diverse Students: Some Important Issues 152 Complex Factors That Influence Language Acquisition and Literacy Development 33Language Sample Analysis I 60Part II Developing Language and Emergent Literacies: Divergent Abilities in Infancy and Early Childhood (Birth to 5) 633 Acquiring One Linguistic System: First Language Acquisition 654 Acquiring More Than One Linguistic System: Multilingual First Language Acquisition 1115 Acquiring First Language(s) with Difficulties 143Language Sample Analysis II 177Part III Developing Language and Literacies: Divergent Abilities in Middle Childhood (6–11) 1816 Typical Development of Language and Literacies in Middle Childhood 1837 Learning a New Language in Middle Childhood 2248 Language Impairment in Middle Childhood 259Language Sample Analysis III 282Part IV Developing Language and Literacies: Divergent Abilities in Adolescence (12–18) 2899 Typical Development of Language and Literacies in Adolescence 29110 Learning English As a New Language in Adolescence 32011 Language Impairment in Adolescence 354Language Sample Analysis IV 369Part V Theoretical Perspectives on Language and Literacy Development and Learning 37512 Theories That Explain Language Acquisition and Literacy Development 377Exit Self-Evaluation 405Appendix: Examples of Standardized Language Assessments 408Glossary 410References 423Index 448