Publications

Publication details [#51540]

Lyddy, Fiona and Christine Parsons. 2009. The sequencing of formal reading instruction: reading development in bilingual and English-medium schools in Ireland. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 12 (5) : 493–512.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual acquisition | education | language of instruction | reading, L1-acquisition of | reading, L2-acquisition of

Language as a subject

English, British | Irish

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This comparative study of reading skill development in Irish- and English-medium schooled children in Ireland, reveals that the language in which classroom reading is formally introduced is not crucial for later first language reading achievement.