Literacy and the Bilingual Learner: Texts and Practices in London Schools

ISBN-13: 9780230291003 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 256 str.

Dr Catherine Wallace

Opis

Literacy and the Bilingual Learner explores the literacy development of bilingual learners in London (UK) schools and colleges through a series of vignettes and case studies of learners and their educational experiences.

Spis treści

1. Texts and Practices 2. Reading Instruction and the Bilingual Learner 3. Bilingual Learners in a Multilingual Primary School 4. New Arrivals in a Multilingual Secondary School 5. New Arrivals in the Classroom 6. Adult Bilingual Learners 7. Pulling the Threads Together

O autorze

Catherine Wallace is Professor of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK. She has researched schools and colleges in London for over forty years and published books and articles on literacy education in multilingual contexts, with a particular focus on critical literacy.