(Re)defining Success in Language Learning - Positioning, Participation and Young Emergent Bilinguals at School

This book follows four emergent bilingual students in an English-medium pre-kindergarten in the US and examines how students' differing social positions in the classroom shaped their participation in interaction and, thus, their English language learning across a school year.

About the author

Katie A. Bernstein is a former early childhood teacher, an applied linguist, and an early childhood education researcher. She studies young multilingual children and the contexts that shape their learning—from peer interactions to education policies. She is currently an associate professor at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University.

Summary

This book follows four emergent bilingual students in an English-medium pre-kindergarten in the US and examines how students’ differing social positions in the classroom shaped their participation in interaction and, thus, their English language learning across a school year.

Product details

• Authors: Katie A. Bernstein
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781788928984
• ISBN: 978-1-78892-898-4
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 320 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; EDUCATION / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Language teaching theory & methods, Language teaching theory and methods, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Pre-school & kindergarten, Pre-school and kindergarten, Bilingualism and multilingualism