LINGUIST List 13.1276

Tue May 7 2002

Books: Sociolinguistics, Elaine Mellen Day

Editor for this issue: Dina Kapetangianni <dinalinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. kathryn, Identity and the Young English Language Learner by Elaine Mellen Day

Title: Identity and the Young English Language Learner
Series Title: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
						
Publication Year: 2002
			
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
			
Book URL: http://www.multilingual-matters.com
			
 
Author: Elaine Mellen Day 
				

Hardback: ISBN: 1853595985, Pages: 120, Price: £49.95 / US$79.95 / CAN$99.95
Paperback: ISBN: 1853595977, Pages: 120, Price: £19.95 / US$29.95 / CAN$39.95

			
Abstract:
			
Identity and the Young English Language Learner by Elaine Mellen
Day,(Simon Fraser University)

Key Features 
Makes a significant contribution to the body of
literature on language socialization in educational contexts. 
Pays attention to young learners, a neglected area of research

Description 
This longitudinal, ethnographic case study examines the language
socialization experiences of Hari, a Punjabi-speaking English language
learner integrated in a mainstream kindergarten classroom in an urban
area of British Columbia, Canada. The study uses sociocultural and
critical/poststructural theoretical perspectives to explore the
intimate connection between learning, identity and social membership
in Hari's learning path. The book highlights the political and
affective dynamics of classroom relationships and their unconscious as
well as conscious dimensions and should be of interest to all
researchers, students, and educators involved with minority language
children in educational contexts.

Contents
1.Introduction 
2. Theory and Literature
3. Methodology
4. Hari: His School, Teacher and Classroon and Language at Home and at School
5. Hari and his classmates
6. Hari and Casey, a Newcomer
7. Hari and his teacher
8. Conclusions
References

Author information
Elaine Day is a Research Associate at Simon Fraser University
(Vancouver, Canada). She is co-author of the book Studies in
Immersion Education published by Multilingual Matters. Currently she
is studying the language socialization experiences of minority
language and French immersion children in late elementary school and
is a member of the Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network.

Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 36 September 2002 
Format 210x148mm viii + 120pp.
Hbk ISBN 1-85359-598-5 £49.95 / US$79.95 / CAN$99.95
Pbk ISBN 1-85359-597-7 £19.95 / US$29.95 / CAN$39.95
			
Lingfield(s): Sociolinguistics 
			 
Written In: English