Providing bilingual support for curriculum learning has become an increasingly popular
approach to meeting the needs of bilingual learners in mainstream classrooms in the first …

Starting from the perspective that bilingualism is an asset, the book describes approaches
and strategies for schools to adopt that support and develop the skills of bilingual learners. A …

Engaging with bilingual parents, students and teachers with little awareness of the benefits
of bilingualism has initiated a search for factors resulting in the low value attached to certain …

The centrality of language in learning• Who are 'bilingual learners'?-definitions of
bilingualism• Language repertoires–we are all 'bilingual'• Links between first language and …

Four broad objectives are outlined which would ensure inclusivity and adequate support for
emergent bilinguals in mainstream classes. Ideally, children should feel that their first …

Drawing together the work of two researchers engaged in ongoing, longitudinal research
with practitioners in early years and bilingual complementary settings, this article argues that …

Provision of support for children who speak English as an Additional Language (EAL) in UK
primary schools is geographically variable, due in part to a lack of centralisation of funding …

Although issues of inclusion, diversity and achievement have become a powerful agenda for
change in teacher education policy in England, bilingual pupils are still conceptualised in …

This article, a narrative inquiry, documents my professional learning as an educator through
sustained research into the role of the bilingual teaching assistant over a period of 30 years …

Our contribution to this volume focuses on Wales, specifically on the social and political
processes involved in the development of Welsh-medium1 and bilingual education and on …