Fostering Second Language Development Through Play in a Multilingual Classroom

TESL Canada Journal, Volume 3, Special Issue, 1986

Fostering Second Language Development Through Play in a Multilingual Classroom

Susan Fraser, Patricia Wakefield

Abstract

For three years, a study on the relationship between language and play in a preschool multilingual/multicultural setting and its significance for linguistic and social development has been carried out in Vancouver. This paper reports on one aspect of the study-strategies for fostering second language development through play.

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ISSN: 0826-435X

TESL Canada Journal is indexed in CBCA Education (Canadian Education Index), EBSCO, ERIC, The Gale Group, and H.W. Wilson.