Children's language and multilingualism : indigenous language use at home and school / edited by Jane Simpson and Gillian Wigglesworth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Simpson, Jane (Professor of indigenous linguistics)

Wigglesworth, Gillian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multilingualism--Australia.

Multilingualism.

Language and education--Australia.

Language and education.

Linguistic minorities--Australia.

Linguistic minorities.

Language and languages--Study and teaching--Australia.

Language and languages.

Indigenous peoples--Australia.

Indigenous peoples.

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 311 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Continuum, [2008]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

All over the world there are children who learn one language (or more than one) at home and then have to learn another when they attend school. In some cases this is because children come from immigrant backgrounds; in other cases children come from indigenous communities in countries which have been colonized.

This book illustrates the linguistic diversity that can be found in such communities. It examines a wide range of factors which relate to the divergence between home and school language for children growing up in indigenous multilingual communities. It explains concisely and clearly why educators, health specialists, government bodies and politicians need to understand the importance of these differences for children's social and linguistic development, particularly in relation to education and social policy. Never far from the surface are the well-documented benefits of bi- and multilingualism in education nationally and internationally. This accessible survey of the linguistic issues facing children growing up in indigenous communities will be of interest to advanced students and researchers of multilingualism and language acquisition.

Contents:

1 The language learning environment of preschool children in Indigenous communities / Gillian Wigglesworth, Jane Simpson 13

2 Questions about questions / Karin Moses, Colin Yallop 30

3 Storytelling styles: a study of adult-child interactions in narrations of a picture book in Tennant Creek / Samantha Disbray 56

4 'I don't talk story like that': on the social meaning of children's sand stories at Ernabella / Ute Eickelkamp 79

5 The collaborative construction of knowledge in a traditional context / Elanor Reeders 103

6 The silence of the frogs: dysfunctional discourse in the 'English-only' Aboriginal classroom / Karin Moses, Gillian Wigglesworth 129

7 Children, language and literacy in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands / Inge Kral, Elizabeth Marrkilyi Ellis 154

8 Issues in the assessment of children's oral skills / Caroline Jones, Joy Campbell Nangari 175

9 Language difference or language disorder: discourse sampling in speech pathology assessments for Indigenous children / Judy Gould 194

10 Indigenous children and conductive hearing loss / Ann Galloway 216

11 Language mixing and language shift in Indigenous Australia / Patrick McConvell 237

12 Children's production of their heritage language and a new mixed language / Carmel O'Shannessy 261

13 Unravelling languages: multilingualism and language contact in Kalkaringi / Felicity Meakins 283.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2014 dcunns

Other Format:

Original

ISBN:

9781474212144

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.