The Routledge international handbook of early literacy education : a contemporary guide to literacy teaching and interventions in a global context / edited by Natalia Kucirkova, Catherine E. Snow, Vibeke Grøver and Catherine McBride.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Kucirkova, Natalia (Editor), Snow, Catherine E. (Editor), Grøver, Vibeke (Editor), McBride, Catherine (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2017.
Series:Routledge international handbook series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Notes on editors
  • Notes on contributors
  • Foreword
  • Part I Contextualizing early literacy
  • 1 Early literacy development and instruction: an overview
  • 2 The role of early childhood education in promoting early literacy
  • 3 A matter of opportunity: language and reading development during early childhood for dual-language learners
  • 4 New literacies and new media: the changing face of early literacy
  • 5 Early literacy practice: more than just knowing how to read and write
  • Part II Early literacy around the world
  • 6 The provision, practice and policies of early literacy in New Zealand
  • 7 Germanic-speaking countries: Germany and Austria as examples
  • 8 The Nordic countries
  • 9 Literacy development in Romance languages
  • 10 Lessons from Costa Rica and Chile for early literacy in Spanish-speaking Latin American countries
  • 11 Early literacy policy and practice in Poland
  • 12 Early education in literacy in Turkey in comparison to the Balkan countries
  • 13 African countries
  • 14 Early literacy policy and practice in Israel
  • 15 Early literacy education in Arabic
  • 16 Early literacy policy and practice in Korea
  • 17 Early literacy policy and practice in Japan
  • 18 Chinese-speaking societies
  • 19 India: the policy and practice of early literacy acquisition in the Akshara languages
  • Part III Research findings and future directions
  • 20 The value of writing in early childhood
  • 21 The contributions and limits of phonological awareness in learning to read
  • 22 Shared book reading: an informal literacy activity par excellence
  • 23 Fostering vocabulary in early childhood education
  • 24 Drama-based interventions and narrative
  • 25 Children's personal narratives reflect where they come from, reveal who they are and predict where they are going.
  • 26 Storying as a social context for language development
  • 27 Interventions for children with language difficulties
  • 28 Promoting first-language development and maintenance and capitalizing on 'funds of knowledge' in family literacy programmes
  • 29 Breaking the barrier of blame: parents as literacy brokers
  • 30 Old and new: reflecting on the enduring key issues in early literacy
  • Index.