Raymonde Sneddon
Biographic Data
| ID | 6175773 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raymonde Sneddon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raymonde |
| FAMILY NAME | Sneddon |
| SIGNATURE | SNEDDON R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of East London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6140-404X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Complementary schools in action
In a challenging economic and political context, complementary schools in East London are mentoring each other and forming networks across communities to gain recognition and status for community languages in education and the wider community. As issues of power and status impact in different ways on differently situated communities, complementary schools are uniquely positioned to support the needs of new communities as they discover how quickly…
Alternative Spaces of Learning in East London
This article emerges from an ongoing exploration into how British minority ethnic communities in the London area create spaces in community-based programs to maintain or develop their languages and literacies. In London, more than one-third of the 850,000 school children speak a language other than English at home (Baker & Eversley, 2000 Baker, P. and Eversley, J. 2000. Multilingual capital: The languages of London's schoolchildren and their rele…
Language and Literacy
The present study investigates the language use and literacy practices of 36 children (aged three-and-a-half, seven and 11) from a Gujerati and Urdu-speaking Muslim community in north-east London. These experiences are explored in the children's three-generation families, in the community and in school through interviews, recordings and observations. They are related to the children's educational achievement and whether or not they make use of a …
Beyond the national curriculum
This paper briefly considers past and recent research in the field of bilingualism and then proceeds to describe a project which attempted to turn the educational failure of a group of children in a situation of subtractive bilingualism into success. Parents, teachers and a voluntary community group were able to get together to create a framework which attracted charitable trust funding. In so doing they increased their understanding of each othe…
Alternative Spaces of Learning in East London
This article emerges from an ongoing exploration into how British minority ethnic communities in the London area create spaces in community-based programs to maintain or develop their languages and literacies. In London, more than one-third of the 850,000 school children speak a language other than English at home (Baker & Eversley, 2000 Baker, P. and Eversley, J. 2000. Multilingual capital: The languages of London's schoolchildren and their rele…
Beyond the national curriculum
This paper briefly considers past and recent research in the field of bilingualism and then proceeds to describe a project which attempted to turn the educational failure of a group of children in a situation of subtractive bilingualism into success. Parents, teachers and a voluntary community group were able to get together to create a framework which attracted charitable trust funding. In so doing they increased their understanding of each othe…
Language and Literacy
The present study investigates the language use and literacy practices of 36 children (aged three-and-a-half, seven and 11) from a Gujerati and Urdu-speaking Muslim community in north-east London. These experiences are explored in the children's three-generation families, in the community and in school through interviews, recordings and observations. They are related to the children's educational achievement and whether or not they make use of a …
Alternative Spaces of Learning in East London
This article emerges from an ongoing exploration into how British minority ethnic communities in the London area create spaces in community-based programs to maintain or develop their languages and literacies. In London, more than one-third of the 850,000 school children speak a language other than English at home (Baker & Eversley, 2000 Baker, P. and Eversley, J. 2000. Multilingual capital: The languages of London's schoolchildren and their rele…
Complementary schools in action
In a challenging economic and political context, complementary schools in East London are mentoring each other and forming networks across communities to gain recognition and status for community languages in education and the wider community. As issues of power and status impact in different ways on differently situated communities, complementary schools are uniquely positioned to support the needs of new communities as they discover how quickly…
Sociology (4 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Multilingualism (2 works) · Neuroscience of multilingualism (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Anthropology (1 works)