Language at the Elementary School.

Autor/in	Antrim, Nancy Mae
Titel	Language at the Elementary School.
Quelle	(1999), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Bilingual Education; Elementary Education; Elementary School Students; English (Second Language); Ethnic Groups; Interviews; Language Attitudes; Language Minorities; Language Proficiency; Limited English Speaking; Questionnaires; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Sociolinguistics; Spanish; Spanish Speaking; Statistical Analysis; Student Attitudes; Tables (Data) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Elementarunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ethnie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Sprachverhalten; Sprachminderheit; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Fragebogen; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Soziolinguistik; Spanisch; Statistische Analyse; Schülerverhalten; Tabelle
Abstract	While numerous studies on bilingual education have looked at student test scores, drop-out rates, and parental responses, this study looks at the attitudes of the students directly affected by bilingual education. Interviews with a representative sample of 132 elementary school students (grades 4-6) in El Paso, Texas were conducted for this study. Investigating the behaviors and attitudes of children with respect to language use should provide insight into changing linguistic norms of this border community. Questions were designed to elicit students' attitudes toward Spanish and English as well as determine their public and private use of these languages for a variety of purposes and contexts, in addition to eliciting information concerning their sociodemographic and academic background. The bulk of this paper consists of reporting the statistical details of how the students answered numerous questions about their language use preferences, level of proficiency, and feelings about the Spanish language. (KFT)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC