Family jigsaws : grandmothers as the missing piece shaping bilingual children's learner identities / Mahera Ruby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruby, Mahera, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bilingualism in children--Great Britain.

Bilingualism in children.

Grandmothers--Language.

Grandmothers.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xviii, 134 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : UCL Institute of Education Press, 2017.

Summary:

This exciting ethnographic study spotlights the multiple identities of three third-generation British-born Bangladeshi children in London's East End as they learn with their teachers, mothers and grandmothers. The book reveals for the first time the remarkable ability of young bilingual children to compartmentalize their learning and become flexible learners. It is the first to show how it is children's interactions with their grandmothers - who often speak no English - that most powerfully enhance and extend their educational and cultural experiences. Teachers and teacher educators take heed: these new insights have profound implications for policy, classroom practice and pedagogy. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Setting the foundation 1

2 Intergenerational learning 8

3 The participants 27

4 Exploring intergenerational learning between children and their teachers 52

5 Exploring intergenerational learning between children and their mothers 75

6 Exploring intergenerational learning between children and their grandmothers 89

7 Learner flexibility and what this implies 114.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781858567839

1858567831

OCLC:

993596458