Full Description
Given the current context of the experience of migration on schools in England and Europe, and the competing policies and approaches to social integration in schools, there is a need to understand the connection between language development and social integration as a basis for promoting appropriate policies and practices. This volume explores the complex relationship between language, education and the social integration of newcomer migrant children in England, through an in-depth analysis of case studies from schools in the East of England. The authors set this evidence against the background of policy debates in the wider international setting, including a critical discussion of assumptions underlying national narratives of mainstreaming and assimilation. In the light of an absence of national guidelines for appropriate practice in schools, the authors outline a model of inclusive pedagogy for English as an additional language (EAL) and a framework of home-school communication to promote effective EAL parental engagement in schools.
Contents
1. Introduction; 2. Education and social integration for EAL students: narratives and debates; 3. The international, national and regional policy context of social integration in schools; 4. The methodology of researching EAL; 5. Progression in language, learning and social integration; 6. Towards an inclusive pedagogy for EAL in the multilingual classroom: principles and practices; 7. Rethinking home-school communication for parents of migrant children; 8. Conclusion.
