Working with Bilingual Children
Published on 16. June 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-1-85359-293-5 (ISBN)
Description
The teaching of English as a Second Language to minority school children has led to much educational and political debate. This book is concerned with the primary school education of such children. The papers consider how to help bilingual children achieve their cognitive and linguistic potential and how to improve language awareness amongst teachers. Areas covered include: - strategies for supporting bilingual children in the classroom - the support teacher and classroom teacher relationship - development of children's bilingualism at home and in school - classroom-based research on spoken and written discourse - developments in the assessment of bilingual children - bilingual children and the National Curriculum - monitoring equality in the classroom - helping children settle down in a new language environment The papers reflect the views of experienced applied linguists and practitioners, as well as advisers and teacher-trainers engaged in curriculum development and training.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Channel View Publications Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
296 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85359-293-5 (9781853592935)
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Mahendra K. Verma | Karen P. Corrigan | Sally Firth
Working with Bilingual Children
Book
06/1995
Multilingual Matters
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Persons
Mahendra K. Verma is a lecturer at the University of York. His research interests and publications are in the fields of Sociolinguistics, Second Language Acquisition and Learning, Linguistic Diversity, Bilingualism and ESOL and Hindi Language. He has directed several INSET courses for teachers. Karen Corrigan is a lecturer at the University of Newcastle. She has research interests in the areas of bilingualism, language acquisition, syntax, sociolinguistics and the sociology of language and has published in each of these areas. Sally Firth graduated in 1991 from the University of York. She then became the research assistant on the Working with Bilingual Children project. She is currently pursuing a career as a speech and language therapist.
Content
Mahendra K. Verma, Karen P. Corrigan and Sally Firth: Introduction
1. Nanette Godfrey and Silvia Skinner: Investigating Children's Discourse in the Primary Classroom: The Linguistic Demands of Classroom Tasks
2. Edie Garvie: Story as Vehicle: The Making of a Kit
3. Ann Robson: The Assessment of Bilingual Children
4. Farznna Turner and Ola Francombe: Towards Equality in the Classroom
5. Ann Hindle: Towards Bilingualism in the Primary School: Supporting New Arrivals as they Acquire English - A Scottish Perspective
6. William H. Raybould: The Welsh Perspective on Working with Bilingual Children in the Primary School
7. Mahendra K. Verma, Karen P. Corrigan and Sally Firth: Issues in the Language Education of Bilingual Children: Summary of the Open Forum for Participants' Contributions
8. Lindy Bates: Promoting Young ESL Children's Written Language Development
9. Mahendra K. Verma and Sally Firth: Old Sounds and New Sounds: Bilinguals Learning ESL
10. Jean Mills: Bilingual Children and their Assessment Through Mother Tongue
11. Mary Rose Peate: Oracy Issues in ESL Teaching in Key Stage 2: Using the Language Master as a Bridge Between Non-standard and Standard English
12. Mahendra K. Verma and Sally Firth: The Bilingual Child- Learning and Teaching in Multicultural Contexts: Summary of the Open Forum for Participants' Contributions
1. Nanette Godfrey and Silvia Skinner: Investigating Children's Discourse in the Primary Classroom: The Linguistic Demands of Classroom Tasks
2. Edie Garvie: Story as Vehicle: The Making of a Kit
3. Ann Robson: The Assessment of Bilingual Children
4. Farznna Turner and Ola Francombe: Towards Equality in the Classroom
5. Ann Hindle: Towards Bilingualism in the Primary School: Supporting New Arrivals as they Acquire English - A Scottish Perspective
6. William H. Raybould: The Welsh Perspective on Working with Bilingual Children in the Primary School
7. Mahendra K. Verma, Karen P. Corrigan and Sally Firth: Issues in the Language Education of Bilingual Children: Summary of the Open Forum for Participants' Contributions
8. Lindy Bates: Promoting Young ESL Children's Written Language Development
9. Mahendra K. Verma and Sally Firth: Old Sounds and New Sounds: Bilinguals Learning ESL
10. Jean Mills: Bilingual Children and their Assessment Through Mother Tongue
11. Mary Rose Peate: Oracy Issues in ESL Teaching in Key Stage 2: Using the Language Master as a Bridge Between Non-standard and Standard English
12. Mahendra K. Verma and Sally Firth: The Bilingual Child- Learning and Teaching in Multicultural Contexts: Summary of the Open Forum for Participants' Contributions