Language Development and Social Integration of Students with English As an Additional Language
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| Title: | Language Development and Social Integration of Students with English As an Additional Language |
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| Description: | Given the current context of the experience of migration on schools in England and Europe, and the competing policies and approaches to social integration in schools, there is a need to understand the connection between language development and social integration as a basis for promoting appropriate policies and practices. This volume explores the complex relationship between language, education and the social integration of newcomer migrant children in England, through an in-depth analysis of case studies from schools in the East of England. The authors set this evidence against the background of policy debates in the wider international setting, including a critical discussion of assumptions underlying national narratives of mainstreaming and assimilation. In the light of an absence of national guidelines for appropriate practice in schools, the authors outline a model of inclusive pedagogy for English as an additional language (EAL) and a framework of home-school communication to promote effective EAL parental engagement in schools. |
| Authors: | Michael Evans, Claudia Schneider, Madeleine Arnot, Linda Fisher, Karen Forbes, Yongcan Liu, Oakleigh Welply |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Limited English-proficient students--Great Britain, Immigrant children--Education--Great Britain, Social integration--Great Britain, Immigrants--Cultural assimilation--Great Britain |
| Categories: | EDUCATION / History |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Given the current context of the experience of migration on schools in England and Europe, and the competing policies and approaches to social integration in schools, there is a need to understand the connection between language development and social integration as a basis for promoting appropriate policies and practices. This volume explores the complex relationship between language, education and the social integration of newcomer migrant children in England, through an in-depth analysis of case studies from schools in the East of England. The authors set this evidence against the background of policy debates in the wider international setting, including a critical discussion of assumptions underlying national narratives of mainstreaming and assimilation. In the light of an absence of national guidelines for appropriate practice in schools, the authors outline a model of inclusive pedagogy for English as an additional language (EAL) and a framework of home-school communication to promote effective EAL parental engagement in schools. |
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| ISBN: | 9781108493543 9781316998496 |
