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Xiao-lei Wang received her doctoral degree from the University of Chicago in 1992. She is a full professor in the School of Education at Pace University in New York. Her research covers a wide range of topics such as cultural parenting styles, effects of nonverbal communication in teaching and learning, multilingual acquisition and development, and moral development. Her recent book Growing up with Three Languages: Birth to Eleven documented the simultaneous trilingual development of her own two children. Dr. Wang is a regular speaker on child development and parenting in local, national and international parents? associations and academic conferences.

Xiao-lei Wang is Professor and Acting Dean of the School of Education at Pace University, USA. She is the author of Growing up with Three Languages: Birth to Eleven (Multilingual Matters, 2008) and Learning to Read and Write in the Multilingual Family (Multilingual Matters, 2011). She is a regular speaker on child development and parenting at local, national and international parents' associations and academic conferences.

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Understanding the Multilingual Reading and Writing Process

Chapter 3: The Importance of Active Planning

Chapter 4: Infancy and Early Childhood (Birth–5 Years)

Chapter 5: Middle Childhood (6 -11 Years)

Chapter 6: Adolescence (12 -18 Years)

Chapter 7: Parents' Practices, Voices, and Concluding Remarks

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Learning to Read and Write in the Multilingual Family

Learning to Read and Write in the Multilingual Family

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