Bilingualism in the primary school
Subtitle: a handbook for teachers
By: [edited by] Richard W. Mills and Jean Mills
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780203306697
Subjects: Bilingual Education; Bilingualism; Elementary Education; Case studies; EDUCATION; Special Education; Learning Disabilities
Description: Over the past few years bilingualism has come to be seen not as a hinderance to assimiliation but as an asset which, properly nurtured, will benefit children's linguistic awareness, cultural sensitivity and cognitive functioning. Bilingualism in the Primary Classroom gives primary teachers a window on the experience of the bilingual children in their care and by doing so helps them to make the most of what the children and their parents have to offer as well as giving them a good start in the National Curriculum. Many of the contributors to the book are themselves bilingual. -- Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-161) and index.
Table of contents: title: Language activities in a multilingual school / Jean Mills. Appendix 1 : Ideas for supporting English language development in mainstream classrooms. Appendix 2 : Part 1 : Languages we know, Part 2 : what I feel about languages; title: A young child learns English / Sukhwant Kaur and Richard Mills; title: Monolingual teachers assessing bilingual children / Jean Mills. Appendix 3 : Monitoring spoken English language development in the early stages / Christine Turner. Appendix 4 : Monitoring spoken English language development through four stages / Jean Mills; title: Assessing in mother tongue / Sukhwant Kaur and Richard Mills. Appendix 5 : Concepts tested. Appendix 6 : Punjabi numbers; title: Assessing in English and mother tongue / Nabela Mann and Richard Mills. Appendix 7 : Test results; title: Children as interpreters / Sukhwant Kaur and Richard Mills. Appendix 8 : Bilingual policy guidelines.