English in Elementary Schools: Research and Implications on Minority and Majority Language Children's Reading and Writing Skills in Regular and Bilingual Programs

· Multilingualism and Language Teaching Book 7 · Narr Francke Attempto Verlag
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An increasing number of multilingual students, often with a migration background, are attending elementary schools in Germany these days. Also on the rise is the number of schools offering a bilingual program, where content subjects such as science and mathematics are taught in a foreign language. This book explores minority and majority language students' German and English reading and writing skills in elementary schools which offer either regular English-as-subject lessons or bilingual programs with varying degrees of English intensity. The focus is on effects of foreign language input intensity with respect to students' language background, gender, cognitive abilities, and socio-economic background. This book also provides recommendations for English reading and writing activities in the elementary school classroom.

About the author

Dr. habil. Anja K. Steinlen ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Lehrstuhl für Fremdsprachendidaktik an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

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