ERIC Number: ED608479
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Sep-8
Pages: 200
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ISBN: 978-1-78892-899-1
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(Re)defining Success in Language Learning: Positioning, Participation and Young Emergent Bilinguals at School
Bernstein, Katie A.
Multilingual Matters
This book follows four emergent bilingual students in an English-medium pre-kindergarten in the US as they navigate the social and linguistic demands of school. It illustrates how students' differing classroom social positions shaped their participation in interaction and, in turn, their English language learning across a school year. With a unique focus on both processes and outcomes, the book highlights language strategies that are overlooked if the focus is solely on one language or on group participation, and it emphasizes the importance of assessment choice in shaping which learners appear to be successful. It is a powerful argument for recognising the translingual and multimodal abilities of learners, even in education which is officially English-medium and monolingual.
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Kindergarten, Social Status, Language Usage, Classroom Communication, Teaching Methods, Monolingualism, Case Studies, Learning Processes
Multilingual Matters. Available from: Channel View Publications Ltd. St. Nicholas House, 31-34 High Street, Bristol, BS1 2AW, UK. Tel: +44 117 3158562; Fax: +44 117 3158563; e-mail: info@channelviewpublications.com; Web site: http://www.multilingual-matters.com
Publication Type: Books; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education
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Language: English
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