Author : Mahendra K. Verma
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 10,34 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781853592935
This book considers the primary school education of children learning English as a Second Language. It considers how to help bilingual children achieve their cognitive and linguistic potential and how to improve language awareness amongst teachers.
Author : Roger Barnard
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 15,81 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781853597114
This book contains case studies relating the experience of bilingual children in various settings in New Zealand primary schools. The contexts include a Maori bilingual school, a Samoan bilingual unit, and mainstream classrooms which cater for immigrant and deaf children. Suggestions for educational policy, teacher development and research are made.
Author : Sharon Armon-Lotem
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 24,7 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Education
ISBN : 1783093129
Second language learners often produce language forms resembling those of children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI). At present, professionals working in language assessment and education have only limited diagnostic instruments to distinguish language impaired migrant children from those who will eventually catch up with their monolingual peers. This book presents a comprehensive set of tools for assessing the linguistic abilities of bilingual children. It aims to disentangle effects of bilingualism from those of SLI, making use of both models of bilingualism and models of language impairment. The book's methods-oriented focus will make it an essential handbook for practitioners who look for measures which could be adapted to a variety of languages in diverse communities, as well as academic researchers.
Author : D. Kimbrough Oller
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,21 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781853595707
This book sets a high standard for rigor and scientific approach to the study of bilingualism and provides new insights regarding the critical issues of theory and practice, including the interdependence of linguistic knowledge in bilinguals, the role of socioeconomic status, the effect of different language usage patterns in the home, and the role of schooling by single-language immersion as opposed to systematic training in both home and target languages. The rich landscape of outcomes reported in the volume will provide a frame for interpretation and understanding of effects of bilingualism for years to come.
Author : Raymond D. Kent
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 25,3 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780262112789
A major new reference work with entries covering the entire field of communication and speech disorders.
Author : Colin Baker
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 46,71 MB
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781853594656
This text is a comprehensive Introduction for all professionals working with bilingual children. For speech therapists, doctors, psychologists, counsellors, teachers, special needs personnel, the book addresses important issues at a practical level.
Author : Belinda Buckley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 18,21 MB
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1135260486
Based on a huge body of research in child language and communication development, Children's Communication Skills uses a clear format to set out the key stages of communication development in babies and young children. Its aim is to increase awareness in professionals working with children of what constitutes human communication and what communication skills to expect at any given stage. Illustrated throughout with real-life examples, this informative text addresses: normal development of verbal and non-verbal communication skills the importance of play in developing these skills developmental communication problems bilingualism, cognition and early literacy development working with parents of children with communication difficulties. Features designed to make the book an easy source of reference include chapter summaries, age-specific skills tables, sections on warning signs that further help may be needed, and a glossary of key terms. It will be of great use to a wide range of professionals in training or working in health, education and social care.
Author : Pedro Guijarro Fuentes
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 41,57 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027253064
The papers comprising this volume focus on a broad range of acquisition phenomena (subject dislocation, structural case, word order, determiners, pronouns, quantifiers and logical words) from different languages and language combinations. These include languages with large numbers of speakers (French, German, Spanish) and less frequently spoken ones (Norwegian, Russian, Swiss-German, Hebrew, Basque and Serbo-Croatian) within different language acquisition scenarios and a wide range of populations. Most contributions adopt a common theoretical background within the generative approach with the aim to advance, discuss and critically analyse other research on first, bilingual and language impaired acquisition. The various sections of this stimulating volume reflect different theoretical and methodological perspectives of current research investigating morphology and syntax and offer diverging interpretations.
Author : Janet L. Patterson
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 10,24 MB
Release : 2016-01-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1783094745
This book investigates language disorders in children who speak languages other than, or in addition to, English. The chapters in the first section of the volume focus on language disorders associated with four different syndromes in multilingual populations and contexts. This section discusses language disorders associated with autism spectrum disorders, Down syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome and Williams syndrome. The chapters in the second section of the book relate to language impairment in children who speak diverse languages, although the issues they address are relevant across languages and cultural contexts. The book also reviews assessment procedures and intervention approaches for diverse languages, including Bengali, Cantonese, French, Spanish, and Turkish. The volume aims to stimulate thoughtful clinical practice and further research in language disorders in multilingual populations.
Author : Hayes, Mary
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 42,84 MB
Release : 2006-12-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 0335208088
This book considers the potential of ICT to provide opportunities for young children to learn through playful and creative activities, examining research and practice in relation to the educational uses of ICT with young children. The book raises important issues about teaching in the early years using ICT, such as giving pupils control, co-operative working, access and assessment.
