Learning to Learn in a Second Language

by Gibbons, Pauline

• ISBN13: 9780435087852
• ISBN10: 0435087851
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-04-05
• Publisher: Heinemann

Summary

The book is based on the assumption that the classroom program is a major resource for language development, and that a responsive program takes into account the fact that children are not only learning a new language, but that they are learning in that language as well.

Author Biography

PAULINE GIBBONS has had many years experience in the area of English as a second language, both in the classroom and as a teacher trainer. She has taught at primary, secondary and tertiary levels in the UK, Hong Kong, Iran, Germany, Poland and the Solomon Islands, and is currently a consultant in ESL and Multicultural Education at the Catholic Education Office, Sydney.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vi
Bilingual Children and the Language of the School	1	(8)
Planning for a Language for Learning	9	(17)
An Interactive Classroom: Developing Spoken Language	26	(16)
Assessing Spoken Language	42	(11)
Integrating New Arrival Children in the Classroom	53	(8)
The Mother Tongue in the Classroom	61	(9)
Reading in a Second Language	70	(20)
Learning to Listen and Getting the Sounds Right	90	(6)
The Writing Program	96	(14)
A Whole School Response	110	(10)
Bibliography	120