Children and Teenagers, Autumn 04: Bilingual Education Members of Young Learners SIG can click the image to download the complete issue. Non members can join here Members who have forgotten their username or password please see here

• A Bilingual Adventure in Paris
  Nayr Ibrahim described the bilingual experience of Young Learners in Paris. She includes an explanation of the development of a topic and literacy cross-curricular approach to fuse ‘EFL and mainstream knowledge.’
   
• Argentina: Bilingualism in an EFL context
  An in-depth text by Laura Renart about bilingualism in Argentina. She explains the historical background, the situation today, then offers a definition of what it is to be bilingual.
   
• Using ‘Circle Time’ as a supportive model in classroom discourse
  Moira Brazil contributes a thought-provoking explanation of a model for ‘Circle Time’ with L2 pupils. She brings language expertise from her work in bilingual education in Canada.
   
• ‘It Don’t Come Easy’. Observations on raising children bilingually
  Gordon Lewis, whose latest book ‘The Internet and Young Learners’ is reviewed on page 42, writes perceptively and humorously about his experience of raising two bilingual children.
   
• Teaching Serbian Myths and Ballads
  Olja Milosevic describes how the teaching of myths and ballads in Serbian and English encourages pupils’ biliteracy.
   
• A Beginner’s Progress
  Rosemary Mitchell-Schuitervoerder, a new YLSIG committee member and joint events coordinator, shares her reflections and evidence regarding the implicit acquisition of a second language in the case of a Japanese beginner learning English
   
• ‘Hotter than Potter’. Using teenage fiction in the language classroom
  Moving to the older age range, Johan Strobbe, from Belgium, explains the why, the what and the how of teaching teenage fiction to bilingual teenagers. ‘Hotter the Potter’ is an excellent read.
   
• Content-based language teaching: a way to keep students motivated and challenged
  Jean Brewster, who is currently based in Hong Kong, offers a definition, rationale and example of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). Her enthusiasm for CLIL materials is obvious.
   
• English Across The CurriculumProject
  Keith Kellycontinues the theme of CLIL by describing both a bilingual education programme for science and ELT and a course module in Bulgaria.
   
• Scaling the Heights
  Sandra Hewsonin Australia contributes an article on bilingual education by analysing the ESL ‘Scope and Scales’ framework which links language development for L2 learners with language from the wider curriculum. She conveys, as do the other contributors, a very positive message.
   
• Year of the Young Learner
  Gail Ellisechoes the word ‘excellent’ as a necessary prerequisite in the provision of a ‘structured English language career’ so that children will ‘reach their full potential.’
   
• YLSIG e-discussion group
  Report on 2003-4 discussions by Wendy Arnold including the session on Task-based Language Teaching fielded by David Nunan.
   
• Book Review: The Internet and Young Learners, Gordon Lewis.
  Liz Jones
   
• Conference Review: Real Books Conference, Poland, January 2004
  Michaela Cankova