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Author:   Alice Honig (Syracuse University, NY, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138194489

ISBN 10:   1138194484
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   30 March 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Asian language researches 2. English vocabulary instruction in six early childhood classrooms in Hong Kong 3. Implementation of the Hong Kong language policy in pre-school settings 4. Relationships between early language skills and future literacy development in Hong Kong 5. Relationships between receptive vocabulary in English and Cantonese proficiency among five-year-old Hong Kong Kindergarten children 6. Predictors of reading ability in English for Mandarin-speaking bilingual children in Singapore 7. Gender differences in the reading process of six-year-olds in Singapore 8. Teachers’ perceptions of the importance of stories in the lives of children in Myanmar 9. Learning and language: educarer–child interactions in Singapore infant-care settings 10. Taiwanese preschoolers’ emergent reading behaviours with an unfamiliar storybook

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Alice Sterling Honig is Professor Emerita in the Department of Child and Family Studies at Syracuse University, NY, USA. She is a licensed psychologist, working to help families with life problems, and has conducted volunteer workshops for divorcing parents with custody issues. She is the author or editor of over 600 articles and chapters, and over twenty books. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Orthopsychiatric Association, and the Society for Research in Child Development.

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