Publications

Publication details [#48988]

Kenner, Charmian, Eve Gregory, Mahera Ruby, John Jessel and Tahera Arju. 2008. Intergenerational Learning Events Around the Computer: A Site for Linguistic and Cultural Exchange. Language & Education 22 (4) : 298–319.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

culture | ict-technology | language and culture | learning

Language as a subject

Bengali | English, British | Sylheti

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This study examines intergenerational assistance in linguistic and cultural learning events structured around ICT skills, given to 3 to 6 year old children by their grandparents in bilingual Sylheti/Bengali- and monolingual English-speaking families, living in East London.