Working with bilingual children : good practice in the primary classroom

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Working with bilingual children : good practice in the primary classroom

edited by Mahendra K. Verma, Karen P. Corrigan and Sally Firth

(Bilingual education and bilingualism / series editors, Colin Baker and Nancy Hornberger, 6)

Multilingual Matters, c1995

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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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.

Table of Contents

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

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