Early Biliteracy Development

Eurydice Bouchereau Bauer is Associate Professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA Mileidis Gort is Assistant Professor of Language and Literacy at the University of Miami, School of Education, USA

• Preface1 Introduction, Mileidis Gort & Eurydice Bouchereau BauerPart I Emergence of Biliteracy: The Preschool YearsVignette2 Supporting the Early Development of Biliteracy: The Role of Parents and Caregivers, Eurydice Bouchereau Bauer & Dumisile Mkhize 3 Literacy Practices and Language Use among Latino Emergent Bilingual Children in Preschool Contexts, Lucinda Soltero-Gonzalez & Iliana Reyes 4 Learning How to Write in English and Chinese: Young Bilingual Kindergarten and First Grade Children Explore the Similarities and Differences between Writing Systems, David Yaden, Jr. & Tina TsaiPart II Biliteracy Development in Early Elementary SchoolVignette5 Evaluation and Revision Processes of Young Bilinguals in a Dual Language Program Mileidis Gort6 Zehra’s Story: Becoming Biliterate in Turkish and English, Zeynep Camlibel & Georgia Garcia 7 Traveling on the Biliteracy Highway: Framing Biliteracy from Students’ Writings, María Fránquiz 8 The Evolution of Biliterate Writing Development through Simultaneous Bilingual Literacy Instruction, Wendy Sparrow, Sandra Butvilofsky & Kathy Escamilla Part III Reflections and Future Directions9 Reflections and Directions for Biliteracy Research, Eurydice Bouchereau Bauer & Mileidis GortGlossaryAbout the Authors

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