Talking Turkey : the language, culture and identity of Turkish speaking children in Britain / Tözün Issa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Issa, Tözün.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Turks--Great Britain--Language.

Turks.

Second language acquisition.

English language--Study and teaching--Turkish speakers.

English language.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xv, 171 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Stoke-on-Trent Sterling, Va : Trentham, 2005.

Summary:

This is the book that teachers and others working with Turkish speaking children and young people have long needed. The author's academic rigour combined with his insider knowledge of family, culture and work, affords readers real understanding of a community which has been in Britain for half a century, but about which there is little research and for whom there is scant learning support.

Part 1 outlines the backgrounds of the Turkish speakers - their immigration and employment patterns - and examines their community and economic activities in some depth. Part 2 is devoted to children's language and the ways in which they use and acquire both Turkish and English in real-life situations in their families and family businesses, and in their communities. From his analysis of these processes the author identifies what teachers need to know to develop these children's language skills at school and so enhance their academic attainment.

Talking Turkey will be essential reading for all who work with Turkish speakers and will be of interest to teacher trainers, educational policy makers and to the Turkish communities.

Contents:

Part 1 Turkish Speaking Communities in Britain: migration, identity and economic activities

Chapter 1 Migration and settlement 3

Chapter 2 Language and identity 11

Chapter 3 Economic understanding and cultural context in learning 25

Part 2 Language use in informal role-play settings

Chapter 4 Children's understanding of cost 43

Chapter 5 Children's understanding of money 67

Chapter 6 Children's understanding of buying 77

Chapter 7 Children's understanding of work 95

Chapter 8 Implications for classroom practice 107

Chapter 9 Bilingual classroom practice: success stories from London schools 121

Chapter 10 Children's understanding of culturally related concepts 141.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1858563186

OCLC:

56695062

Publisher Number:

9781858563183