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Publication details [#59034]

Jones Díaz, Criss. 2014. Institutional, material and economic constraints in languages education: unequal provision of linguistic resources in early childhood and primary settings in Australia. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 17 (3) : 272–286.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

disadvantage | language acquisition | language teaching | multilingualism | primary school

Language as a subject

Languages, Australian

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

Drawing on Bourdieu's conversion theory, this paper shows how the unequal distribution of home or community language resources in Australia impedes successful supply and execution of quality languages education in early childhood and primary education.