Publications

Publication details [#65224]

Slavkov, Nikolay. 2018. What is your ‘first’ language in bilingual Canada? A study of language background profiling at publicly funded elementary schools across three provinces. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 21 (1) : 20–37.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | education | monolingualism | multilingualism | primary school

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This paper debates language background profiling practices at publicly funded Canadian primary schools, using a specimen of 96 school enrollment forms, gathered from school committees in Canada's three main English-speaking provinces: Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia.