Bilinguality and Literacy

The new edition of Bilinguality and Literacy argues that bilingual children's literacy learning in English is necessarily an intercultural process. Children's voices are strong in this revised, updated and expanded edition and looks closely at bilingual children's writing development in view of the Ofsted statement that 'fluent bilingual pupils struggle with writing (2003).' Bilinguality and Literacy will be of interest to undergraduate students of applied linguistics, teacher training courses, and academics researching multilingualism and literacy.

Manjula Datta is Senior Lecturer in Bilingualism and Language Education at London Metropolitan University, UK, and is the co-author of "A World of Languages: Developing Children's Love of Languages, "CILT: 2004."" She was an active member of the ESOL and TESOL Review Board at Trinity College, London, UK, for five years. Colin Baker is Professor in the School of Education, University of Wales, Bangor, UK.

Preface to the Second Edition 1. My story: an introduction 2. Bilinguality, literacy and principles 3. Bilinguality and learning in the early years 4. Developing fluency in the early years 5. Bilingual readers 6. Bilingual writers 7. Bilingualism and English literary language 8. Multicultural classrooms and policy and practice issues 9. Refugee children in mainstream classrooms 10. Conclusions and looking ahead