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Bilingual children's language and literacy development / edited by Roger Barnard and Ted Glynn.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Child Language & Child Development S.
- Child Language and Child Development
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bilingualism in children--New Zealand.
- Bilingualism in children.
- Education, Primary--New Zealand.
- Education, Primary.
- Language and education--New Zealand.
- Language and education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (299 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Clevedon, Eng. ; Buffalo, N.Y. : Multilingual Matters, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-73932-0
- 9786610739325
- 1-85359-713-9
- OCLC:
- 54481561
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