Language Needs of Minority Group Children. Learners of English As a Second Language.

Autor/in	Derrick, June
Institution	National Foundation for Educational Research in England and Wales, London.
Titel	Language Needs of Minority Group Children. Learners of English As a Second Language.
Quelle	(1977), (59 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Bilingual Education; Bilingualism; Child Language; Early Childhood Education; Educational Policy; Elementary Education; English (Second Language); Ethnic Groups; Immigrants; Indians; Language Attitudes; Language Instruction; Language Maintenance; Language of Instruction; Language Planning; Minority Group Children; Research Needs; Second Language Learning; Sociolinguistics; Teaching Methods; United Kingdom (Great Britain) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Bilingualismus; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Elementarunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ethnie; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Inder; Sprachverhalten; Sprachpflege; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Sprachwechsel; Forschungsbedarf; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Soziolinguistik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	This review is intended to expand on the issues of: (1) the cultural and linguistic identity of children of minority groups in Britain, and (2) the teaching of English to these children. The review relates these issues to the broader questions of policy in the education of minority group children and highlights some areas where research is needed. Chapter one, "Towards the Definition of a Language Problem," traces the way in which the language needs of non-English-speaking minority group children have been perceived and provided for within the British educational system up to the present day. Chapter two, "The Teaching of English as a Second Language," attempts to give a more detailed account of the approach to the teaching of English as a second language that has developed in British schools. Chapter three, "Language Needs of Minority Group Children in Infant Schools," discusses the rising interest in past years in infant education. Chapter four, "Second-Language Learners of Bilinguals?" traces the rise of bilingual education in the United States and attempts to relate the American experience to that of Britain. Statistical information is seen to be lacking with regard to who and how many speak what languages; research is also needed in the area of minority group members' attitudes towards the language loyalty issue. (AM)
Anmerkungen	Humanities Press Inc., Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, 07716
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC