出版社：Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN)
摘要：This article reports a nine-month study of literacy development of Aida a young English language learner ftom Indonesi4 who was mainsheamed in a Grade 2 classroom in a primary school in the south-eastern part of Australia. This article initially reviews the litenture conceming features Of the mainstrearn classrOom conducive for second language leaming and for literacy development. Following the presentation of methodological issues, it examines English learning activities in Aida's classroom and higtrlights her literacy fevelopment with examples of her work. The resul8 from this study show that Aida developed literary skills considered important for her second language and learning development. The variety of English learning activities and the encouraging environment in her classroom contributed much to her literacy development.
关键词：mainstream classroom; young English language learner; literacy development; minority language children
