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The 'Awakening to Languages' Approach at Preschool: Developing Children's Communicative Competence
| العنوان: | The 'Awakening to Languages' Approach at Preschool: Developing Children's Communicative Competence |
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| اللغة: | English |
| المؤلفون: | Coelho, Daniela, Andrade, Ana Isabel, Portugal, Gabriela |
| المصدر: | Language Awareness. 2018 27(3):197-221. |
| الإتاحة: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 25 |
| تاريخ النشر: | 2018 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Journal Articles Reports - Research Tests/Questionnaires |
| Education Level: | Preschool Education Early Childhood Education |
| Descriptors: | Preschool Children, Metalinguistics, Communication Skills, Syntax, Foreign Countries, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness, Preschool Education, Language Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Intervention, Multilingualism, Educational Games, Learning Activities, Language Tests, Communicative Competence (Languages), Positive Attitudes, Cultural Pluralism, Oral Language, Listening Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: | Portugal |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09658416.2018.1486407 |
| تدمد: | 0965-8416 |
| مستخلص: | This article reports a study which examined the effects of an "Awakening to Languages" (AtL) programme on preschool children's language abilities. This programme aimed at exposing children to language and cultural diversity as well as promoting positive attitudes towards different languages and cultures amongst children. However, considering that the AtL approach also intends to encourage language learning, it has been said to contribute to the development of a plurilingual competence that is characterised as being richer than a communicative competence, more complex and, at the same time, more flexible. The study was carried out with 16 Portuguese preschool children, divided into two groups (control and experimental). An AtL intervention programme was then applied in the experimental group with which the researcher worked on a variety of multilingual activities and games for three months. A language test and a language report were used before and after the implementation of the programme to determine how the children progressed in their communicative skills, with a focus on syntax. The results indicate that the approach used had a positive impact on the children's syntactic abilities, namely in oral comprehension, and also facilitated the development of positive attitudes towards language and cultural diversity. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 62 |
| Entry Date: | 2018 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | EJ1198317 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | ERIC |
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Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 0965-8416 |
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| DOI: | 10.1080/09658416.2018.1486407 |