Bilingual Childcare : Hitches, Hurdles and Hopes / Victoria Benz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benz, Victoria, Author.

Series:

Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 110.

Bilingual Education & Bilingualism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bilingualism in children.

Language and languages--Study and teaching (Early childhood).

Language and languages.

Language acquisition--Age factors.

Language acquisition.

Early childhood education--Psychological aspects.

Early childhood education.

Second language acquisition.

Education, Bilingual.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 pages) : illustrations, tables, graphs.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This ethnographic study explores aspects of bilingual education in two early childhood German–English education centres in Australia. Using various sources of data and multiple methods of analysis, it investigates the processes at work when establishing and implementing a bilingual programme and examines the language attitudes, ideologies and practices of the parents, educators and administrators involved. It addresses the complex relationship between the childcare provider and its clientele in its socio-political context in an attempt to arrive at a broader understanding of institutional bilingual education in early childhood. The book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in bilingual education, language ideology and early childhood education studies, as well as to teachers, trainee teachers and childcare providers.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Figures and Tables

Acronyms

Transcription Conventions

1. Researching Bilingual Early Childhood Education: An Institutional Ethnography

2. What We Know: Language Policies and Provision

3. The Institution

4. Bilingual Programme Implementation

5. The Clientele

6. Value-Action Gap

7. The Value of Language and Language Learning

8. The Future of Bilingual Early Childhood Education

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9781783099191

1783099194

9781783099184

1783099186

OCLC:

1015360206