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Translanguaging and Early Childhood Education in the USA: Insights from the CUNY-NYSIEB Project

2020; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-658-28128-1_3

2524-423X

Kate Seltzer, Laura Ascenzi‐Moreno, Gladys Y. Aponte,

EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning

Abstract This chapter offers insights into the education of young children—what is referred to in the United States as early childhood education—who come from homes where languages other than English are spoken. Drawing on recent critiques of early childhood education in the U.S., this chapter provides classroom-based examples of how teachers can leverage young children’s translanguaging and cultural knowledge in their education. Overall, the chapter demonstrates both the possibilities and challenges of adopting a translanguaging pedagogy (García et al., The Translanguaging classroom. Leveraging student bilingualism for learning, Caslon, Philadelphia, 2017) in early childhood classrooms in the United States.