Bilingual Childcare

This ethnographic study explores aspects of institutional bilingual education in the early childhood sector. It provides contemporary research on the provision and practice of language teaching in the pre-primary sector and sheds light on the reception of bilingual education as well as attitudes towards it.

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.

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.

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.