Ecological Perspectives in Early Language Education: Parent, Teacher, Peer, and Child Agency in Interaction [Hardcover]

This book presents ecological perspectives towards early language education that conceptualise the phenomenon of interactions between child language-based agency, teachers, peers and parents' agencies, furthering insights into the lives of young children growing up in multilingual homes.

Introduction: Ecological perspectives in early language education: Parent, teacher, peer, and child agency in interaction

Chapter 1. Major theoretical perspectives

Chapter 2. Contextual diversity in early language education

Chapter 3. Parents agency in interaction with children and teachers

Chapter 4. Teachers agency

Chapter 5. Childs language-based agency in interactions in preschool environment

Chapter 6. Language-conducive context

 Concluding remarks and the way forward

This book presents ecological perspectives towards early language education that conceptualise the phenomenon of interactions between child language-based agency, teachers agency, peers agency and parents agency, consequently furthering insights into the lives of young children growing up in multilingual homes.

Drawing on rich empirical research evidence, the book explores teachers and family strategies and practices aimed at enhancing childrens interest in home language maintenance and enrichment as well as in the novel language learning. It defines early language education as the education of children up to the age of 6 and considers international evidence of childrens language from diverse sociolinguistic backgrounds and indigenous, endangered, heritage, regional, minority, majority, and marginalized languages, as well as foreign and second languages in education at home and out-of-home settings. It claims that only through collaboration between teachers, families, peers, and close environment, can the chilsW