Language Culture & Young Children: Developing English in the Multi-Ethnic Nursery & Infant School Book

	Introduction	1
Pt. 1	Differences: Problem or Opportunity?
1	Linguistic diversity and equality	7
2	Varieties of English	20
3	Language and learning in the multicultural nursery	26
4	Distinctive voices: developing oral language in multi-lingual classrooms	37
5	The language needs of the young Traveller child	47
6	Building on bilingualism: issues of access and assessment in the curriculum	59
Pt. 2	Stories and Books
7	Retelling stories in school	70
8	Choice of initial reading material	80
9	Selecting literature for young children	92
Pt. 3	Active Language Users
10	Children's developmental writing	98
11	Drama with young learners in school	110
Pt. 4	Resources
	Some criteria for the choice of suitable resources	123
	Guides to selection of books and resources; Centres, Associations, etc.; Journals; Audio-visual material; some books of multi-cultural interest	124
	Bibliography	132
	Index of Authors	139
	Index of Subjects	140