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This study looks at how students learn and socialise in school when their first language is a language other than English. It explores recent changes in educational policy and practices as well as in educational research.
English as a Second Language learners are now a considerable and increasing part of the mainstream of urban schools in English-speaking countries. Beyond the learning of English, this development raises broader questions of language as a medium of education in a multilingual, multicultural environment. Drawing on their experience as researchers and educators in Australia,…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
This study looks at how students learn and socialise in school when their first language is a language other than English. It explores recent changes in educational policy and practices as well as in educational research.
English as a Second Language learners are now a considerable and increasing part of the mainstream of urban schools in English-speaking countries. Beyond the learning of English, this development raises broader questions of language as a medium of education in a multilingual, multicultural environment. Drawing on their experience as researchers and educators in Australia, Canada and England, the authors of English as a Second Language in the Mainstream present an up-to-date account of advances in theory and practice and argue for a more comprehensive vision.
Autorenporträt
Bernard A. Mohan is Professor in the Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia; Constant Leung is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, King's College, London and Chris Davison is Associate Professor in English Language Education in the Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong.