Ebook: Teaching the World's Children: ESL for Ages Three to Seven

"Contents"; "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.";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.