Publications

Publication details [#41129]

Kenner, Charmian. 2000. Biliteracy in a Monolingual School System? English and Gujarati in South London. Language, Culture and Curriculum 13 (1) : 13–30.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | literacy | monolingualism

Language as a subject

English | Gujarati

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Annotation

This paper argues that the current emphasis on a monolingual curriculum in English primary schools denies to most bilingual children the opportunities to actively combine both languages to enhance their literacy learning.