Bilingual Childcare

Victoria Benz has extensive experience in the teaching of German as a second language to all age groups from the pre-primary to the tertiary sector. She is Honorary Postdoctoral Fellow at Macquarie University, Australia and her research interests include bilingual early childhood education and language attitudes and ideologies.

• AcknowledgementsTable of ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesGlossary, Abbreviations and AcronymsTranscription Conventions1. Researching Bilingual Early Childhood Education: An Institutional Ethnography2. What We Know: Language Policies and Provision3. The Institution4. Bilingual Programme Implementation5. The Clientele6. Value-Action Gap7. The Value of Language and Language Learning8. The Future of Bilingual Early Childhood EducationBibliography

An intriguing and in-depth ethnographic description of an early childhood bilingual/dual language program in Australia. This study is enlightened with discussions of the politics of language and language policies, details on program implementation, as well as educators’ and parents’ attitudes toward the program. Educators, researchers, students, and parents would all benefit from this interesting book, which has application to different languages and countries.