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This book investigates the role native language plays in the process of acquiring a second language within a bilingual educational model. The research presented is based on a 2 year longitudinal study of students in a bilingual school. Particular attention is paid to the development of academic language proficiency. Performance in both languages was compared between two groups of peers learning in submersion classes in Germany and in Portugal. This comparison allows the assessment of effects of a given bilingual education programme.

There is a considerable advantage found for the students who learned in the bilingual environment, both in written and in oral samples. These students developed a more proficient bilingual academic discourse ability; socioeconomic status and cognitive abilities were controlled for. When comparing the results with an external measure for school achievement, the advantage was confirmed. The results also hint at didactic factors which seem to contribute to this performance.

Education / Bilingual Education --- Education

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This volume provides a state-of-the-art snapshot of language and education research and demonstrates ways in which local and global processes are intertwined with language learning, use, and policies. Reflecting but also expanding on Nancy Hornberger’s ground-breaking contributions to educational linguistics, this book brings together leading international scholars. Chapters present new research and cutting-edge syntheses addressing current theoretical and methodological issues in researching equity, access, and multilingual education. Organized around three central themes --- bilingual education and bilingualism, the continua of biliteracy, and policy and planning for linguistic diversity in education --- the volume reflects the holistic and dynamic perspective on language (in) education that is the hallmark of educational linguistics as a field.

Language and education. --- Education, Bilingual. --- Educational linguistics --- Education --- Language and languages --- Bilingual education --- Bilingualism --- Multilingual education --- bilingual education. --- educational linguistics. --- language education. --- linguistic diversity.

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Dit boek biedt een uitgebreide inleiding tot tweetaligheid en tweedetaalonderwijs. In negentien hoofdstukken worden alle belangrijke onderwerpen in verband met tweetaligheid behandeld. De auteur hanteert een heldere, bondige schrijfstijl waardoor het boek ook voor niet Engelstalige lezers toegankelijk is. In de eerste acht hoofdstukken komen fundamentele onderwerpen aan bod die de bespreking van tweedetaalonderwijs voorafgaan en bepalen, zoals: Wie is tweetalig/meertalig?, Hoe sluit tweedetaalonderwijs aan bij het behoud van de taal van minderheden?, Hoe verloopt de ontwikkeling van tweetaligheid bij kinderen?, Welke invloed heeft de omgeving op de ontwikkeling van twee- en/of meertaligheid?, Wat weten we over tweetaligheid en de hersenen?, Heeft tweetaligheid een positieve of negatieve invloed op denkvaardigheden? De volgende hoofdstukken focussen op de vele aspecten van tweede, derde,... taalverwerving. Allereerst worden de verschillende soorten tweedetaalonderwijs besproken, gevolgd door een evaluatie van hun effectiviteit. Vervolgens beschouwt men de twee- en/of meertalige klasgroep: de belangrijkste kenmerken, de benaderingswijzen, de voornaamste problemen en moeilijkheden. De voorlaatste twee hoofdstukken staan stil bij de politieke en culturele dimensies rond tweetaligheid in de samenleving (en rond tweedetaalonderwijs in het bijzonder). Verschillende visies op de waarde en het doel van tweetaligheid/meertaligheid brengen veel voorafgaande onderwerpen samen. Het laatste hoofdstuk bekijkt het heden en werpt een blik op de toekomst met onderwerpen als meertaligheid en internet, massamedia, tewerkstelling, economie en toerisme. Op het einde van elk hoofdstuk werden praktische opdrachten voor studenten toegevoegd die door de docent/studenten kunnen aangepast worden naargelang de situatie.

Education, Bilingual --- Bilingualism --- Education, Bilingual. --- Bilingualism. --- Schoolbooks - Didactic material --- Bilingual education --- Multilingual education --- Language and languages --- Languages in contact --- Multilingualism --- Didactics of languages --- Education, Bilingual - Great Britain --- Bilingualism - Great Britain

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This volume builds on Fortune and Tedick’s 2008 Pathways to Multilingualism: Evolving Perspectives on Immersion Education and showcases the practice and promise of immersion education through in-depth investigations of program design, implementation practices, and policies in one-way, two-way and indigenous programs. Contributors present new research and reflect on possibilities for strengthening practices and policies in immersion education. Questions explored include: What possibilities for program design exist in charter programs for both two-way and indigenous models? How do studies on learner outcomes lead to possibilities for improvements in program implementation? How do existing policies and practices affect struggling immersion learners and what possibilities can be imagined to better serve such learners? In addressing such questions, the volume invites readers to consider the possibilities of immersion education to enrich the language development and educational achievement of future generations of learners.

Immersion method (Language teaching) --- Evaluation --- Language and languages --- Education, Bilingual. --- Study and teaching. --- Education, Bilingual --- Languages & Literatures --- Philology & Linguistics --- Study and teaching --- Bilingual education --- Foreign languages --- Languages --- Immersion method --- Bilingualism --- Multilingual education --- Anthropology --- Communication --- Ethnology --- Information theory --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Philology --- Linguistics --- Immersion method (Language teaching) - Evaluation

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This is the updated version of 'the' teacher training course for teachers and trainee teachers preparing for the Cambridge ESOL Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT). It includes everything you need to prepare for the test. The second edition contains three brand new model TKT practice tests, new tips for preparing for the TKT, an additional unit on approaches to language teaching tested in the TKT, completely rewritten tasks in every unit, and revised ELT terms and concepts matching the latest Cambridge ESOL TKT Glossary. This best-selling course has been written in collaboration with Cambridge ESOL by a team of experienced TKT writers. It provides a comprehensive and reliable package for TKT candidates, as well as for teachers preparing for other initial teacher training qualifications and those on in-service training programmes. This course is also available in an online version. Select 'TKT Online' from the menu on the left for further information.

English language --- English teachers --- Education, Bilingual --- Bilingual education --- Bilingualism --- Multilingual education --- EFL (Language study) --- English as a foreign language --- English as a second language --- English to speakers of other languages --- ESL (Language study) --- ESOL (Language study) --- Teaching English as a second language --- TEFL (Language study) --- TESL (Language study) --- Study and teaching --- Foreign speakers. --- Examinations --- Training of. --- Teacher training. --- Teacher training --- Foreign students --- Germanic languages