I subscribe to way too many Facebook groups. I need to stop it actually, they've become like women's magazines. But worse. You keep seeing the same things come up over and over again, but instead of ignoring them you can actually have a say, which is giving yourself the delusion of helpfulness, but actually the … Continue reading Educational advice – from Facebook?
A fellow librarian in Shanghai and I have been working on creating some new MLA8 posters in Chinese for her bilingual school / library. It's been an interesting process to put it mildly. We started off with the MLA posters I created with Katie Day about 2 years ago, and which she updated recently to … Continue reading MLA8 and Chinese …
I received an email last night from someone who had read my blog on Building a LOTE collection in an international school and she quite rightly pointed out that it's a relatively easy thing for a librarian thing to do. Here is her question: I am a school librarian in an IB candidate school. We are … Continue reading L1 and the role of the school
In the last few weeks I've been lucky to attend the lectures of three specialists in the field of language, bilingualism and mother tongue. Before I forget the salient points of their presentations I thought I'd write it up and do a little compare and contrast and provide some links for further investigation and thought.Does … Continue reading A linguistic trio …
Bruno della ChiesaIf I may for a moment make a librarian analogy, the talk of della Chiesa compared to the other two was a bit like when I looked at information literacy from a more philosophical view rather than a model and implementation view. Neither is more important than the other. Language doesn't happen without … Continue reading A linguistic Trio – part 3 – della Chiesa
Crisfield (Blog) Like Rojas, Crisfield began by dispelling some of the common "mummy myths" around language, particularly that it was easier to learn for children - she said something that every parent with older children will have personal experience of - "no it's still hard, but they're just too small to complain". Although they are more … Continue reading A linguistic Trio – part 2 Crisfield
One of the things I did as part of my research was to summarise the factors that contributed to a family being able to teach and maintain their mother tongue in their children while living / being educated in an English dominant environment. First I present the table of factors, and then I present myself … Continue reading Mother Tongue – How to assess your likelihood of success
The post below is based on the background research I did for INF538 Value Added-information Services in June 2014. Please cite me as the author should you wish to quote / use any of this.Bailey, N. (2014, November 12). Research summary on Language. Retrieved November 23, 2013, from http://informativeflights.blogspot.sg/2014/11/research-summary-on-language.html_________________________________________________________________________________Background ResearchThis study has presented the typical … Continue reading Research summary on Language
As the parent of children who are growing up in a bilingual household I am passionate about languages, bilingualism and supporting mother tongue.In February 2013, international Mother Tongue Day I organised a forum for parents to share ideas on mother tongue promotion and maintenance. The following link will take you to a summary of the … Continue reading Events & Initiatives
Informative Flights - Musings of a Teacher Librarian 