Advances in the Study of Bilingualism

156 Part 4: Bilingual Education

Table 7.7

Nine fold classroom language arrangements compared with subject content of lesson

Language Arrangement (LA)

Subject Content of Lesson

Total

Inter-disciplinary

(3–7 years)

Mathematics, Science

(7–18 years)

Arts and Humanities

(7–18 years)

Vocational and Practical

(7–18 years)

Monolingual L1

Welsh

N Lessons% within LA% within Subject

(^4) 80.0%23.5%
0 0.0%0.0%
0 0.0%0.0%
(^1) 20.0%3.8%
5
100.0%
5.0%
Monolingual L2
Welsh
N Lessons% within LA% within Subject
2
100.0%11.8%
0 0.0%0.0%
0 0.0%0.0%
0 0.0%0.0%
2
100.0%
2.0%
Monolingual mixed
L1 /L2
N Lessons% within LA% within Subject
(^3) 21.4%17.6%
(^5) 35.7%22.7%
(^3) 21.4%8.6%
(^3) 21.4%11.5%
(^14) 100.0%14.0%
Translanguaging
N Lessons% within LA% within Subject
1 5.6%5.9%
(^3) 16.7%13.6%
13 72.2%37.1%
1 5.6%3.8%
(^18) 100.0%18.0%
Translation for the
whole class
N Lessons% within LA% within Subject
1 5.9%5.9%
(^4) 23.5%18.2%
(^7) 41.2%20.0%
(^5) 29.4%19.2%
(^17) 100.0%17.0%
Translation –
subject-related terminology
N Lessons% within LA% within Subject
0 0.0%0.0%
1 7.1%4.5%
(^4) 28.6%11.4%
(^9) 64.3%34.6%
(^14) 100.0%14.0%