Laurie Makin

List of John Benjamins publications in which Laurie Makin is involved.

Articles

Makin, Laurie 1992 Supporting children’s home languages in mainstream educational programs Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 15:1, pp. 71–84 | Article

If we are to ensure that language and communication skills for national needs are developed through education, then we cannot afford to neglect the existing language resources which Australia’s children bring to early childhood and primary school programs. Conservation of these resources can range… read more

Makin, Laurie 1992 Language teachers by necessity, not choice: Early childhood teachers in a multilingual society Language Teaching and Learning in Australia, Mann, Chris and Richard B. Baldauf, Jr. † (eds.), pp. 33–48 | Article

More than 90 different languages are spoken in Australia, and approximately 14 percent of children in Australia’s schools speak a language other than English at home (Clyne 1988:22). In many classrooms, between 70 and 100 percent of children fall into this category, particularly at their entry… read more