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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136070003321

Autore

Starr Rebecca Lurie

Titolo

Sociolinguistic Variation and Acquisition in Two-Way Language Immersion : Negotiating the Standard / / Rebecca Lurie Starr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Multilingual Matters, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-78309-639-X

1-78309-638-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (174 pages)

Collana

Bilingual Education & Bilingualism

Disciplina

372.651

Soggetti

Immersion method (Language teaching)

English language - Study and teaching - Immersion method

Chinese language - Study and teaching - Immersion method

Mandarin dialects

Language and languages - Variation

Sociolinguistic

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Standard Mandarin And Sociolinguistic Variation -- 3. Teacher Language Use -- 4. Corrections And Other Metalinguistic Discourse -- 5. Student Language Use -- 6. Implications And Future Directions -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book investigates the acquisition of sociolinguistic knowledge in the early elementary school years of a Mandarin-English two-way immersion program in the United States. Using ethnographic observation and quantitative analysis of data, the author explores how input from teachers and classmates shapes students’ language acquisition. The book considers the different sociolinguistic messages conveyed by teachers in their patterns of language use and the variety of dialects negotiated and represented. Using analysis of teacher speech, corrective feedback and student language use, the author brings together three analyses to form a more complete picture of how children respond to sociolinguistic variation within a two-way immersion program.