Bilingualism in the Primary School
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Richly based on case study material, this book helps primary teachers to understand the experience of bilingual children and shows it as a benefit rather than a hindrance in the classroom.
Figures and tablesContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Setting the scene11Language activities in a multilingual school9Appendix 1 Ideas for supporting English language development in mainstream classrooms28Appendix 2 Part 1: Languages we know Part 2: What I feel about languages352A young child learns English383Monolingual teachers assessing bilingual children59Appendix 3 Monitoring spoken English language development in the early stages73Appendix 4 Monitoring spoken English language development through four stages804Assessing in mother tongue86Appendix 5 Concepts tested97Appendix 6 Punjabi numbers985Assessing in English and mother tongue99Appendix 7 Test results1096Children as interpreters113Appendix 8 Bilingual policy guidelines1267Teachers speak out129Appendix 9 Details of interviewees1448A community project145Bibliography160Index162
