Resources & References
- Bialystok, Ellen, Gigi Luk, et al. “Bilingualism, Biliteracy, and Learning to Read: Interactions Among Languages and Writing Systems.” Scientific Studies of Reading 9.1 (2005): 43-61.
- Hammer, Carol Scheffner, Megan Dunn Davison, et al. “The Effect of Maternal Language on Bilingual Children’s Vocabulary and Emergent Literacy Development During Head Start and Kindergarten.” Scientific Studies of Reading 13.2 (2009): 99-121.
- Kokkola, Lydia. “Reading Multilingual Literature: The Bilingual Brain and Literacy Education.” Bookbird: A Journal of International Children’s Literature 51.3 (2013): 22-35.
- Meier, Terry. “’Why Can’t She Remember That?’: The Importance of Storybook Reading in Multilingual, Multicultural Classrooms.” Reading Teacher 57.3 (2003): 242-252.
- Sneddon, Raymonde. “Young Bilingual Children Learning to Read with Dual Language Books.” English Teaching: Practice and Critique 7.2 (2008): 71-84.
- Szilágyi, Janka, Debra Giambo, et al. “Teaching Strategies: ‘What If I Don’t Speak It?’ Classroom Strategies to Nurture Students’ Heritage Languages.” Childhood Education 89.2 (2013): 117-121.
- United States Census Bureau. USA QuickFacts. Dec. 2014. Available at: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html
- Wolf, Maryanne. Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain. New York: HarperCollins, 2007.
Lastly, we would be remiss if we did not mention the work of Dr. Jim Cummins. Dr. Cummins is a Professor with the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. He has authored a great number of articles on bilingualism and literacy development and is considered an authority in the field. Try seeking out his texts on the web or through your local library.