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Direct linkWilson, Sonia – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2020
According to the latest report of the (Office for National Statistics [2018]. "Births by Parents' Country of Birth, England and Wales: 2017." UK: Statistical Bulletin), 34% of children born in Britain have at least one parent from another country. With nearly 20% of children in primary schools categorised as speakers of English as an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Relationship, Language Usage, Language Planning
Download full textSneddon, Raymonde – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2008
This study explores the way in which bilingual children of primary school age who have become dominant in English are learning to be literate in the language of the home using dual language books provided by the school. It reports on how the mothers and their children used both texts to transfer skills from one language to another; to negotiate…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, English (Second Language), Bilingualism, Bilingual Students
