Publications

Publication details [#28939]

Garrett, Peter, Yvonne Griffiths, Carl James and Phil Scholfield. 1994. Use of the mother-tongue in second language classrooms: An experimental investigation of effects on the attitudes and writing performance of bilingual UK schoolchildren. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 15 (5) : 371–383.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual education | bilingualism | L2-acquisition | language proficiency | writing

Language as a subject

English, British | Mirpuri | Welsh

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

ISBN

0143-4632

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This paper deals with mother-tongue mediated instruction in bilingual primary school classrooms in North Wales (Welsh/English) and Lancashire (Mirpur Punjabi/English) and its effects on attitudes and English second language writing performance.