Pauline
29-01-2009, 03:25 PM
I've been asked by a researcher, Dawn, if any of you would be able to help her. Here is Dawn's request:
I am a freelance writer and am currently writing an article about bilingual children. I am particularly looking for English speaking childminders who are looking after (or have looked after) a child with another language as their main language. For instance their parents may both be Chinese, they always speak Chinese at home and know very little English. How would you deal with this? How would you show them you valued their mother tongue, at the same time building some confidence in English. What sort of balance should there be... or shouldn't there be? How would you integrate them with other children?
If you have any experiences to share, or ideas about this, I would love to hear from you. You can email me at dfpapc@aol.com and if you can leave a phone number I can call you for a 5 or 10 minute interview whenever is convenient.
Many thanks in advance.
Dawn Francis-Pester
I am a freelance writer and am currently writing an article about bilingual children. I am particularly looking for English speaking childminders who are looking after (or have looked after) a child with another language as their main language. For instance their parents may both be Chinese, they always speak Chinese at home and know very little English. How would you deal with this? How would you show them you valued their mother tongue, at the same time building some confidence in English. What sort of balance should there be... or shouldn't there be? How would you integrate them with other children?
If you have any experiences to share, or ideas about this, I would love to hear from you. You can email me at dfpapc@aol.com and if you can leave a phone number I can call you for a 5 or 10 minute interview whenever is convenient.
Many thanks in advance.
Dawn Francis-Pester