Bilingual children's language and literacy development [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Roger Barnard and Ted Glynn

• Pubblicazione: Clevedon, Eng. ; ; Buffalo, N.Y., : Multilingual Matters, c2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (299 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.44/6/0830993
• Soggetto topico: Bilingualism in children - New Zealand; Education, Primary - New Zealand; Language and education - New Zealand
• Soggetto non controllato: Bilingual children; Bilingual education; Bilingualism; Child language development; Deafness; Language education; Language learning; Literacy development; Maori; Multiculturalism; New Zealand; Samoan
• Altri autori: BarnardRoger <1946-> GlynnT (Ted)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Languages in New Zealand: population, politics, and policy / Roger Peddie -- 2. A community elder's role in improving reading and writing for M?aori students / Ted Glynn and Mere Berryman -- 3. Reciprocal language learning for M?aori students and parents / Mere Berryman and Ted Glynn -- 4. Samoan children's bilingual language and literacy development / John McCaffery and Patisepa Tuafuti, in association with Shirley Maihi, Lesley Elia, Nora Ioapo, and Saili Aukuso -- 5. A five-year-old Samoan boy interacts with his teacher in a New Zealand classroom / Elaine W. Vine -- 6. Students from diverse language backgrounds in the primary classroom / Penny Haworth -- 7. Private speech in the primary classroom: Jack, a Korean learner / Roger Barnard -- 8. The construction of learning contexts for deaf bilingual learners / Rachel Locker McKee and Yael Biederman -- 9. Community language teacher education needs in New Zealand / Nikhat Shameem -- 10. Students as fact gatherers in language-in-education planning / Donna Starks and Gary Barkhuizen -- 11. Responding to language diversioty: a way forward for New Zealand education / Ted Glynn.
• Sommario/riassunto: This text contains case studies relating the experience of bilingual children in various settings in New Zealand primary schools. The contexts include a Maori immersion school, a Samoan bilingual unit, and mainstream classrooms which cater for immigrant and deaf children. Suggestions for educational policy, teacher development and research are made.
• Titolo autorizzato: Bilingual children's language and literacy development
• ISBN: 1-280-73932-0; 9786610739325; 1-85359-713-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811301603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Child Language & Child Development S.