Literacy and the Bilingual Learner

Texts and Practices in London Schools
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-33181-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3406 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wallace, Catherine

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Alphabetisierung
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Texts and Practices 2. Reading Instruction and the Bilingual Learner 3. Bilingual Learners in a Multilingual Primary School 4. New Arrivals in a Multilingual Secondary School 5. New Arrivals in the Classroom 6. Adult Bilingual Learners 7. Pulling the Threads Together

Über Autor(innen)

Catherine Wallace is Professor of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK. She has researched schools and colleges in London for over forty years and published books and articles on literacy education in multilingual contexts, with a particular focus on critical literacy.