Reminiscences: Working Together in a Bilingual Classroom

Nancy Devlin; Dorothy Gapany

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-2078-0_26

Reminiscences: Working Together in a Bilingual Classroom

Nancy Devlin, Dorothy Gapany

Northern Institute

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This chapter looks closely at the need to build relationships in order to work together, respectfully, as a team. The two authors discuss in detail the classroom process that they used in 1984 in a bilingual classroom at Shepherdson College, Galiwin’ku, Elcho Island, North East Arnhem Land and the elements that made it so successful both for the students as well as for the teachers themselves. How a good bilingual classroom will strengthen a student’s understanding and ability to work in both languages of instruction by really working from what the student understands and can do. The authors consider what made them and the students feel empowered in that classroom. The second author then relates it to the work she is doing today and reflects on what could be improved for students in the future.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	History of bilingual education in the Northern Territory
Subtitle of host publication	People, programs and policies
Editors	Brian Devlin, Samantha Disbray, Nancy Devlin
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Springer Singapore
Chapter	26
Pages	325-330
Number of pages	6
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811020780
ISBN (Print)	9789811020766
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2078-0_26
Publication status	Published - 2017

Publication series

Name	Language Policy
Publisher	Springer
Volume	12
ISSN (Print)	1571-5361

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Reminiscences: Working Together in a Bilingual Classroom. / Devlin, Nancy; Gapany, Dorothy.
History of bilingual education in the Northern Territory: People, programs and policies. ed. / Brian Devlin; Samantha Disbray; Nancy Devlin. 1. ed. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2017. p. 325-330 (Language Policy; Vol. 12).

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