Literacy and the Bilingual Learner [electronic resource] : Texts and Practices in London Schools /
Wallace, Catherine.author.
Literacy and the Bilingual Learner explores the literacy development of bilingual learners in London (UK) schools and colleges through a series of vignettes and case studies of learners and their educational experiences.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; A Note on Terminology; Introduction: Setting the Scene; 1 Texts and Practices: Sociolinguistic and Political Perspectives; 2 Literacy Instruction and the Bilingual Learner; 3 Bilingual Learners in a Multilingual Primary School: Literacy Narratives about Texts and Practices; 4 New Arrivals in a Multilingual Secondary School: Literacy Narratives about Texts and Practices; 5 New Arrivals in the Classroom: Literacy and the Curriculum; 6 Adult Bilingual Learners: The Foregrounding of Critical Literacy in the Classroom
7 Pulling the Threads TogetherBibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Literacy and the Bilingual Learner explores the literacy development of bilingual learners in London (UK) schools and colleges through a series of vignettes and case studies of learners and their educational experiences.
Education.
Language and languages—Study and teaching.
Sociolinguistics.
Literacy.
Popular Science in Education.
Language Teaching.
Sociolinguistics.
Literacy.