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Bilingualism in the Primary School »

Authors: Richard Mills (Editor), Jean Mills
ISBN-13: 9780415088619, ISBN-10: 0415088615
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: May 1993
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Richard Mills

Book Synopsis

Richly based on case study material, this book helps primary teachers to understand the experience of bilingual children and shows it as a benefit rather than a hindrance in the classroom.

	Figures and tables
	Contributors
	Acknowledgements
	Introduction: Setting the scene	1
1	Language activities in a multilingual school	9
	Appendix 1 Ideas for supporting English language development in mainstream classrooms	28
	Appendix 2 Part 1: Languages we know Part 2: What I feel about languages	35
2	A young child learns English	38
3	Monolingual teachers assessing bilingual children	59
	Appendix 3 Monitoring spoken English language development in the early stages	73
	Appendix 4 Monitoring spoken English language development through four stages	80
4	Assessing in mother tongue	86
	Appendix 5 Concepts tested	97
	Appendix 6 Punjabi numbers	98
5	Assessing in English and mother tongue	99
	Appendix 7 Test results	109
6	Children as interpreters	113
	Appendix 8 Bilingual policy guidelines	126
7	Teachers speak out	129
	Appendix 9 Details of interviewees	144
8	A community project	145
	Bibliography	160
	Index	162