
ERIC Number: EJ535838
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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Reconciling Content Acquisition and Language Acquisition in Bilingual Classrooms [and] A Response.
Beardsmore, Hugo Baetens; McLellan, James
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, v17 n2-4 p114-27 1996
Analyzes classroom practice in Brunei and suggests alternative teaching strategies to enable teachers to more easily manipulate the classroom culture to achieve the objectives of the bilingual education system while maintaining class control. McLellan argues that in a multilingual situation, the lines between languages are fuzzy so extent that code-mixing is the norm in many formal and informal speech situations. (33 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Code Switching (Language), Course Content, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Malay, Models, Primary Education, Public Policy, Second Language Instruction, Sociolinguistics, Student Participation, Uncommonly Taught Languages
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Brunei
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