%0 Journal Article %1 mohan2006examining %A Leung, C. %D 2005 %J Linguistic and education %K 2014e852 bilingual education macro/micro %N 2 %P pp. 238-252 %T Language and content in bilingual education %U http://www.sciencedirect.com.libezproxy.open.ac.uk/science/article/pii/S0898589806000192 %V vol. 16 %X This article suggests that there is a tendency to argue for or against bilingual education in terms of productivity (student attainment expressed as test scores), and that productivity is discussed in terms of division of time, curriculum and speakers. Although this orientation has produced some valuable macro-level accounts, it does not address the need for close-up interaction data showing how language(s) are used by teachers and students in classroom activities. It is argued that such data is vital for understanding language and curriculum content learning in specific local contexts, which in turn can be fed into wider discussions on pedagogy and policy in bilingual education.

@article{mohan2006examining, abstract = {This article suggests that there is a tendency to argue for or against bilingual education in terms of productivity (student attainment expressed as test scores), and that productivity is discussed in terms of division of time, curriculum and speakers. Although this orientation has produced some valuable macro-level accounts, it does not address the need for close-up interaction data showing how language(s) are used by teachers and students in classroom activities. It is argued that such data is vital for understanding language and curriculum content learning in specific local contexts, which in turn can be fed into wider discussions on pedagogy and policy in bilingual education.}, added-at = {2014-12-01T04:40:16.000+0100}, author = {Leung, C.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/222bf84fdaf1b983dde7afe0ec5a27e69/lysiane}, description = {Points out the fact that studies at macro-level overlook complexity of bilingual teaching at micro-level and therefore can only have limited relevance to what happens in the classroom. Also interesting point: use of ESL pedagogic research for bilingual context.}, interhash = {e885b38ed0d3a501238c9b07fcb14a58}, intrahash = {22bf84fdaf1b983dde7afe0ec5a27e69}, journal = {Linguistic and education}, keywords = {2014e852 bilingual education macro/micro}, number = 2, pages = {pp. 238-252}, timestamp = {2014-12-02T08:11:49.000+0100}, title = {Language and content in bilingual education}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com.libezproxy.open.ac.uk/science/article/pii/S0898589806000192}, volume = {vol. 16}, year = 2005 }