Publications

Publication details [#39768]

Feng, Shoudong, Sue Fan Foo, Richard Kretschmer, Joanne Prendeville and Peggy M. Elgas. 2004. Language and Peer Culture: Mandarin-Speaking Preschoolers in an English Dominant Setting. Language & Education 18 (1) : 17–34.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual acquisition | children's play | language and culture | peer group | pre-school age

Language as a subject

Chinese, Mandarin | English

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This study aims at exploring the creation and maintenance of peer culture among a group of Mandarin-speaking preschoolers in an English dominant instructional setting.