Literacy and the Bilingual Learner - Texts and Practices in London Schools

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. 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

List of contents

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

Product details

• Authors: C. Wallace, Catherine Wallace, WALLACE C
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2013
• EAN: 9780230291003
• ISBN: 978-0-230-29100-3
• No. of pages: 266
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education; B, Education, Literacy, Sociolinguistics, Language teaching and learning, Language teaching & learning, Language and languages—Study and teaching, Language Teaching, Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, Popular Science in Education