The trouble with bilingual education: The ever increasing gap between research, policy and practice.

Rhys, Mirain ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0521-6858 2014. The trouble with bilingual education: The ever increasing gap between research, policy and practice. Click on Wales 2014 (5 Nov)

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Abstract

The ever-present argument that children from non-Welsh speaking backgrounds can’t reach their full potential in Welsh medium education has yet again come to the fore. Recent statistics obtained by the BBC under a Freedom of Information Act indicate that children who are taught through the medium of Welsh but don’t speak Welsh at home are less likely to overachieve by the time they reach the end of their primary schooling (i.e. obtaining a ‘Level 5’ or higher at key stage 2 (KS2) in the core subjects of English, Welsh First Language, Mathematics and Science).

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods (WISERD)
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LC Special aspects of education
Publisher:	Institute of Welsh Affairs
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	13 April 2016
Last Modified:	23 May 2023 17:41
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/89009

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