Teaching for Linguistic Diversity in Schools - Student Wellbeing and Achievement

Teaching for Linguistic Diversity in Schools: Student Wellbeing and Achievement explores the linguistic landscape of Australia, including English, Indigenous languages, community languages and school-taught modern languages, to help teachers recognise the extent of children's language knowledge and to reflect on its implications for the classroom.

List of contents

Part I. Why Does Linguistic Diversity Matter?: 1. The multilingual world of you and your students; 2. Why harnessing linguistic diversity matters to student wellbeing and achievement: Part II. Who Speaks What?: 3. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, families, communities, and languages Susan Poetsch, Denise Angelo and Rhonda Anjilkurri Radley; 4. Immigrant community languages and additional languages; 5. Supporting English language achievement for all learners; Part III. Teaching in the Linguistically Diverse Classroom: 6. Teaching in the linguistically diverse classroom: Mathematics, The Arts and English; 7. Teaching in the linguistically diverse classroom: Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS), Health and Physical Education, Science, Technologies and Languages; Part IV. Beyond the Classroom and into the Future: 8. Building a linguistically diverse school culture; 9. The future is linguistically diverse; 10. It's just the beginning.

About the author

Robyn Moloney is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, Macquarie University.Lesley Harbon is a Professor in the School of International Studies and Education, University of Technology Sydney.Susan Oguro is an Honorary Associate Professor in the School of International Studies and Education, University of Technology Sydney.

Summary

Teaching for Linguistic Diversity in Schools: Student Wellbeing and Achievement explores the linguistic landscape of Australia, including English, Indigenous languages, community languages and school-taught modern languages, to help teachers recognise the extent of children's language knowledge and to reflect on its implications for the classroom.

Foreword

This book enables pre-service teachers to confidently teach in linguistically diverse schools and promote student wellbeing and achievement.

Product details

• Authors: Lesley Harbon, Harbon Lesley, Robyn Moloney, Robyn (Macquarie University Moloney, Moloney Robyn, Susan Oguro
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2024
• EAN: 9781009374958
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0937495-8
• No. of pages: 242
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Australia, EDUCATION / Inclusive Education, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Counseling / General, EDUCATION / Bilingual Education, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Education: care & counselling of students, Educational strategies and policy: inclusion, Inclusive education / mainstreaming, Counselling and care of students, For undergraduate education and equivalents, Education of bilingual or multilingual students