Practical Bilingual Strategies for Multilingual Classrooms

One of the challenges faced by Early Years and Primary teachers today is catering effectively for inclusion because of the variety of needs within their classrooms and settings. It can indeed be very challenging to provide appropriate and stimulating reading and writing activities to facilitate access to the curriculum for bilingual children. The primary aim of this book is to provide some guidance for practitioners through tried and tested strategies to support bilingual learners. Suggested activities reflect children’s various linguistic and cultural experiences and highlight the importance of maintaining the role of the home language. The practical examples shown in this book reflect positive practice observed both at home and in some schools where such experiences are used most effectively.