Publications

Publication details [#41599]

Wegerif, Rupert, Angie Kotler and Martin Levoi. 2001. Oracy and the Educational Achievement of Pupils with English as an Additional Language: The Impact of Bringing 'Talking Partners' into Bradford Schools. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 4 (6) : 403–419.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual acquisition | language proficiency | orality | teacher

Language as a subject

English, British

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This study shows that providing trained adult 'talking partners' for young underachieving bilingual pupils with English as an additional language (EAL) in schools in the UK, increases pupils' proficiency in spoken English in an educational context and thus their educational engagement.