Academic literacy in linguistic minority children: the connections between language, cognition and culture

2017 ◽  
pp. 159-176
Author(s):  
Kris D. Gutierrez ◽  
Eugene E. García
1998 ◽  
Vol 119-120 ◽  
pp. 79-89
Author(s):  
René Appel

Abstract It is often observed that minority children's lexical proficiency in the majority language lags behind that of majority children. This observations is substantiated by scores on vocabulary tests. However, in these (traditional) tests words are generally treated as having one meaning, while most words are polysemous, i.e. they have multiple meanings. A new test was designed to measure the knowledge of multiple word meanings of minority and majority children. Results pointed to a rather high correlation between the scores on a traditional vocabulary test and the newly developed test for the minority children. Furthermore, the minority children scored lower on the new test than the majority children, which suggests that they not only have a lexical deficit in their second language with respect to the number of words known, but also with respect to the number of meanings attached to each word.


2004 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-205

04–395 Abendroth-Timmer, Dagmar (U. of Bremen, Germany). Evaluation bilingualer Module aus Schülerperspektive: zur Lernbewusstheit und ihrer motivationalen Wirkung. [Evaluation of bilingual modules from the learners' perspective: learning awareness and its motivational effect.] Zeitschrift für Interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht (Alberta, Canada), 9, 2 (2004), 27.04–396 Creese, Angela (Birmingham U., UK; Email: [email protected]). Bilingual teachers in mainstream secondary school classrooms: using Turkish for curriculum learning. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Clevedon, UK), 7, 2&3 (2004), 189–203.04–397 Dauster, Judith. Bilingualer Unterricht an verschiedenen Schulformen und seine Akzeptanz bei Schülern und Elter. [Bilingual teaching in various schools and its acceptance by pupils and parents.] Neusprachliche Mittelungen aus Wissenschaft und Praxis (Berlin, Germany), 3 (2004), 156–167.04–398 Kielhöfer, Bernd. Strukturen und Entwicklungen bilingualer Sprachfähigkeit in der zweisprachigen Grundschule – eine Evaluation an der Berliner Europa-Schule Judith Kerr. [Patterns and developments of bilingual language competency in a bilingual primary school – an evaluation carried out in a Judith Kerr Europe-school in Berlin.] Neusprachliche Mittelungen aus Wissenschaft und Praxis (Berlin, Germany), 3 (2004), 168–175.04–399 Morgan, Brian (York U., Toronto, Canada; Email: [email protected]). Teacher identity as pedagogy: towards a field-internal conceptualisation in bilingual and second language education. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Clevedon, UK), 7, 2&3 (2004), 172–188.04–400 Rymes, Betsy (U. of Georgia,USA; Email: [email protected]). Contrasting zones of comfortable competence: popular culture in a phonics lesson. Linguistics and Education (New York, USA), 14 (2004), 321–335.04–401 Theis, Rolf and Werkman, Robert. Kann der Englischunterricht von bilingualen Modellen lernen? Eine empirische Untersuchung. [What the traditional approach to teach English as a foreign language can learn from bilingual models? An empirical investigation.] Neusprachliche Mittelungen aus Wissenschaft und Praxis (Berlin, Germany), 3 (2004), 145–155.04–402 Valdés, Guadalupe (Stanford U., USA; Email: [email protected]). Between support and marginalisation: the development of academic language in linguistic minority children. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Clevedon, UK), 7, 2&3 (2004), 102–132.


2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 337-361
Author(s):  
Sandra R. Schecter ◽  
Barbara Arthurs ◽  
Sherri Sengupta ◽  
Alice Wong

This article explores findings of a project that addressed the academic literacy development of children who are born and/or begin their formal schooling in Canada, but who are raised in homes where the societally dominant language is not the primary idiom. It focuses on collaborating educators’ professional learning through engagement in community-referenced action research that provided opportunities for eighth graders to explore themes related to their developing personal and socially situated identities. One key insight pertained to students’ access to information regarding their family histories and trajectories; a second, to linguistic dynamics internal to generation 1.5 linguistic minority youths’ households.


2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosemary Salomone

This essay examines the spread of English as the dominant lingua franca worldwide, its educational impact on language rights, and the underlying tension between globalization and national identity. Focused on Western Europe, but with broader implications, it draws on overlapping controversies in May 2013 in France and Italy over the use of English as the medium of university instruction. It uses the public debates surrounding these events to critically explore the legal, cultural and pedagogical issues endemic to English medium instruction, but also to address deeper tensions between globalization and linguistic diversity within Europe. In doing so, it further considers the implications of global English for the rights of linguistic minority children and for European policies promoting multilingualism or “mother tongue plus two” in the interests of European integration and job mobility. Though recognizing the utility of English as a common vehicle for global communication, the paper concludes that the “rise of global English” is not a zero-sum game, but rather demands measured strategies that reasonably balance the competing interests at stake and maintain a sense of proportionality.


1996 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ida J. Stockman

Language sample analysis (LSA) is often viewed as a nonbiased procedure for identifying language delay among linguistic minorty children. This article offers a critical discussion of LSA’s use as an identification tool. Its advantages and disadvantages are reviewed. The concept of a minimal competency core is introduced as a potential criterion-referenced procedure for screening African American preschool children. The clinical utility of such an approach is discussed in terms of the research and educational issues that should be addressed.


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