Introduction -- Who Are the Children? -- Preliminary Information -- Where Do They Come from? -- Routines and Procedures at Day Care Centers and Schools -- Adjusting Your Classroom -- How Children Acquire and Use Language -- Learning the First Language -- Learning a Second language -- Principles and Their Application -- The Role of Language in Learning -- How Concepts Develop -- Early Literacy -- Expanding and Extending English -- Learning Centers -- Language and Literature as a Way of Knowing -- Narrative and Story in Language Learning. -- At Home -- At School -- Across Cultures -- Building Bridges -- Building Bridges to the Mainstream -- Building Bridges to the Home -- Building Bridges to the Community -- Building Bridges to Other Teachers -- Building Bridges to Tomorrow -- Appendix: Language -- Language: A System of Systems -- Resources -- Community Resources -- Children's Books -- References -- Journals

"The language young children use is the language they learn. In clear, practical terms, this primer explains how early childhood educators and primary teachers can support the efforts of non-English speaking children in nursery schools, day care centres and classrooms to use -- and learn -- English as a second language. Loaded with ideas and down-to-earth advice from two highly experienced and internationally renowned ESL experts, it's an essential guide to developing a sensitive, welcoming program for all of the world's children." (Book Cover)

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