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Gregorys book is an important and timely contribution tthe literature on literacy, biliteracy, second language learning, and early childhood education, synthesizing cutting-edge research, perspectives, and teaching approaches in a clear and accessible way Overall, it is a terrific resource —Dinah Volk Across the world, an increasing number of young children are learning tread in languages different from their mother tongue, and there is a clear need for a book which addresses the ways in which these children should be taught Eve Gregorys book is unique in doing so Building upon the ideas proposed in Making Sense of a New World, this Second Edition widens its scope, arguing that policies designed for monolingual minds be limited, while those favoring methodologies which put plurilingualism in the centre of initial literacy tuition are promoted This book offers a practical reading program -- an Inside-Out (starting from experience) and Outside-In (starting from literature) approach tteaching which can be used with individuals, small groups, and whole classes It uses current sociocultural theory, while drawing on examples of children from a variety of different countries whare engaged in learning tread nursery rhymes and songs, storybooks, letters, the Bible, and the Quran, in languages they dnot speak fluently Gregory argues that, in order for literacy tuition tbe successful, reading must make sense -- children must feel part of a community of readers There is ncommon method which they use tlearn, but rather a shared aim which they aspire to: making sense of a new world through new words
