Bilingual Childcare : : Hitches, Hurdles and Hopes / / Victoria Benz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Benz, Victoria,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Figures and Tables --; Acronyms --; Transcription Conventions --; 1. Researching Bilingual Early Childhood Education: An Institutional Ethnography --; 2. What We Know: Language Policies and Provision --; 3. The Institution --; 4. Bilingual Programme Implementation --; 5. The Clientele --; 6. Value-Action Gap --; 7. The Value of Language and Language Learning --; 8. The Future of Bilingual Early Childhood Education --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781783099184; 9783110663129; 9783110606706
• DOI: 10.21832/9781783099184
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Victoria Benz.

This ethnographic study explores aspects of bilingual education in two early childhood German-English education centres in Australia. Using various sources of data and multiple methods of analysis, it investigates the processes at work when establishing and implementing a bilingual programme and examines the language attitudes, ideologies and practices of the parents, educators and administrators involved. It addresses the complex relationship between the childcare provider and its clientele in its socio-political context in an attempt to arrive at a broader understanding of institutional bilingual education in early childhood. The book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in bilingual education, language ideology and early childhood education studies, as well as to teachers, trainee teachers and childcare providers.