Bilingual Children's Language and Literacy Development: New Zealand Case Studies (Child Language and Child Development)

ISBN 10: 1853597112 / ISBN 13: 9781853597114

Published by Multilingual Matters, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bilingual Children's Language and Literacy Development: New Zealand Case Studies (Child Language and Child Development)
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853597112
• ISBN 13: 9781853597114
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This text contains case studies relating the experience of bilingual children in various settings in New Zealand primary schools. The contexts include a Maori immersion 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.

About the Authors

Roger Barnard is a Research Associate in the Division of Education at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. His research interests include second language education and language policy. His most recent book is Narratives of Qualitative PhD Research: Identities, Languages and Cultures in Transition (co-edited with Y. Gurney and Y Wang. Routledge, 2023).

Ted Glynn is Foundation Professor of Teacher Eucation at the University of Waikato. He has a background in applied behaviour analysis, inclusive education, and bicultural and bilingual education as well as extensive experience in working to improve the literacy outcomes for Maori students in both mainstream and Maori immersion settings.