(Re)defining Success in Language Learning: Positioning, Participation and Young Emergent Bilinguals at School

Katie A. Bernstein

Published by Multilingual Matters 2020

(Re)defining Success in Language Learning

Positioning, Participation and Young Emergent Bilinguals at School

Katie A. Bernstein

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781788929004

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About this book

Unique focus on both teaching processes and outcomes and suggests that different approaches work for different learners

This book follows four emergent bilingual students in an English-medium pre-kindergarten in the US and examines how students’ differing social positions in the classroom shaped their participation in interaction and, thus, their English language learning across a school year.

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Bernstein Katie A. :

Katie A. Bernstein is Assistant Professor of Early Childhood and English Language Learner Education, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University, USA. Her research focuses on the language and literacy learning of multilingual children and the contexts in which their learning takes place.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Figures, Tables and Images Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Transcription Symbols Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Participation in Interaction and Language Learning: A Layered Approach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	10
2 Language and Language Learning as Social Practice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
3 From Bhutan, Uzbekistan and Berkeley to River City: Arrival Stories Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
4 Adults as Context-makers: Parents’ and Teachers’ Beliefs about Language Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
5 The Social Field of Classroom Three: Policies and Practices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
6 Becoming Students, Becoming Speakers: Positioning in the Social Field of Classroom Three Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
7 Who Learned What? Three Perspectives on Success in Language Learning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
8 Beyond English: Multimodal, Multilingual Repertoires at Work Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
9 The Edge Has its Advantages: Participation and Learning on the Periphery Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
10 Concluding Thoughts: Success Stories Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
Appendix 1: Details about Conflicts that Brought Classroom Three Families to the United States and their Experiences with Resettlement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Appendix 2: Detailed Methodological Information Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183