Young Bilingual Learners in Nursery School

Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-1-85359-453-3
Verlag: Channel View Publications - IPSUK

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 318 g

Reihe: Multilingual Matters

This book presents the findings of an ethnolinguistic study of the language and social behaviour of a group of three-year-old British-born children from families of settled migrants who speak languages other than English in their homes and communities. The study draws from a number of research disciplines, including linguistics, anthropology and ethnography to provide an analytical description of the social and linguistic behaviour of the children during their first term in kindergarten. Although the study was located in the UK, the findings have implications for children in other societies where English is the formal language of education. The book will be of interest to teachers, parents and others interested in the lives of young children.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thompson, Linda

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogik: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Mehrsprachigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Who is Bilingual in Britain?

2 The Development of Education for Bilingual Children in Britain

3 Theoretical Frameworks: Influences and Inspirations

4 The Box Hill Nursery Project

5 TOTs – A Time-on-task Analysis

6 Children Creating Social Contexts

7 Social Networks and the Process of Enculturation

8 The Children’s Language Choice: English Utterances

9 Codeswitching as a Feature of Bilingual Children’s Language

10 Linguistic Biographies

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Thompson, Linda
Linda Thompson was a primary school teacher for many years before becoming a teacher educator. She is currently Senior Lecturer at the University of Durham, UK, on leave to the Department of English Language & Literature at the National University of Singapore. Her main research interests are in the field of young children learning language(s). Books include: The Teaching of Poetry: European Perspectives (Cassell, 1996) and Children Talking: The Development of Pragmatic Competence (Multilingual Matters, 1997).