Recognising and using children’s home languages in the primary classroom
Elizabeth Bailey is a lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Lincoln.
Details
Date: Thursday, 31 May 2018
Time: 1.30pm-2.30pm
Location: Attenborough Lecture Theatre 3
Contact: Dr Jim King
Speaker: Elizabeth Bailey (University of Lincoln)
Overview
The use of children’s home languages is primarily seen as an educational strategy for highly multilingual classrooms.
However, representing linguistic and cultural diversity in all classrooms could reap important social, as well as educational, benefits for schools and communities.
The data from this project, collected using electronic questionnaires, focus groups and a quasi-experimental intervention, revealed numerous, often conflicting, ideologies held by teachers that may influence their classroom practice regarding home languages and thus, the education experiences of both bilingual and monolingual children.
This is a free event open to all staff, students and the public. No booking required.
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