书目名称 | The Silent Experiences of Young Bilingual Learners |
副标题 | A Sociocultural Stud |
编辑 | Caroline Bligh |
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概述 | The book provides new ways of thinking on bilingual learning which is addressed from the ‘worms eye’ view – the perspective of the child. |
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描述 | Many teachers are increasingly concerned with how to best support the learning of the rising numbers of bilingual learners in schools – particularly those children who are new to English and therefore cannot yet communicate with the teacher or their peers in their first language – during the silent period.This book offers an alternative insight to that which is most commonly available to teachers and researchers, as instead of examining language acquisition purely from a linguistic approach; it explores the learning that is occurring through a sociocultural lens and even more significantly, from the young child’s perspective – the worm’s eye view.Investigated through the experiences of young bilingual learners allows the reader to make sense of the making meaning that occurs when the child cannot make sense of his/her new ‘world’; nor communicate verbally in the language of instruction in the classroom. Remarkably, learning through the silent period is revealed as both complex and ‘messy’ as the bilingual child mediates his or her own learning through a synthesis of alternative learning pathways.The silent period is presented as a crucial time for learning; distributed through a sy |
出版日期 | Book 2014 |
关键词 | bilingual; learning; legitimate peripheral participation; silent-period; sociocultural |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-797-1 |
isbn_ebook | 978-94-6209-797-1 |
copyright | SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2014 |