Supporting Language and Cognitive Development
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In responding to the individual learning needs of bilingual pupils, it is important that linguistic development be integrated with other kinds of learning. Learners require English to communicate with peers and teachers and to continue the process of conceptual development within the context of an English medium school. Thomas and Collier (1997, 2000) have symbolised the relationship between the socio-cultural, linguistic and cognitive dimensions of language acquisition as a multi-dimensional prism with the learner at its centre, surrounded by the social and cultural processes of everyday life which have impact on the cognitive, academic and language domains of development . Within a supportive socio-cultural environment, the language, cognitive and academic dimensions must develop together in an interdependent way – ‘If one is developed to the detriment of another, this may be detrimental to a students’ overall growth and future success’ (Thomas and Collier, 1997, p.21).
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