Bilingual language acquisition in preschool age: The emotional context of kindergarten daily routines
This study aims to enhance bilingual language acquisition in very young children in a Portuguese kindergarten. The promotion of children’s language and cognition is done through access to another language – English – in their daily context by incorporating the language into the children’s routines a...
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| author | Margarida Pocinho Agnieszka Olczak Marzanna Franicka |
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| description | This study aims to enhance bilingual language acquisition in very young children in a Portuguese kindergarten. The promotion of children’s language and cognition is done through access to another language – English – in their daily context by incorporating the language into the children’s routines and school daily activities. We collected data from an immersion teacher training program towards bilingualism use, the development of their assistants’ English language fluency, the parents’ awareness and beliefs about English and children’s language development. The sample includes 140 children, aged 5 months to 6 years, teachers and teaching assistants. Teachers have changed their language beliefs concerning English and the program has influenced their practice. The results showed that children develop communicative skills in both languages when surrounded by a bilingual friendly and emotional environment. They use both languages in their everyday life and have created a positive and emotional relationship with the English.
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| spelling | doaj-art-9a1c53a3bef941bda55d54542c654dea2025-02-11T11:20:26ZengUniversity of GdańskProblemy Wczesnej Edukacji1734-15822451-22302018-05-0140110.26881/pwe.2018.40.03Bilingual language acquisition in preschool age: The emotional context of kindergarten daily routinesMargarida Pocinho0Agnieszka Olczak1Marzanna Franicka2University of MadeiraUniversity of Zielona GóraUniversity of Zielona GóraThis study aims to enhance bilingual language acquisition in very young children in a Portuguese kindergarten. The promotion of children’s language and cognition is done through access to another language – English – in their daily context by incorporating the language into the children’s routines and school daily activities. We collected data from an immersion teacher training program towards bilingualism use, the development of their assistants’ English language fluency, the parents’ awareness and beliefs about English and children’s language development. The sample includes 140 children, aged 5 months to 6 years, teachers and teaching assistants. Teachers have changed their language beliefs concerning English and the program has influenced their practice. The results showed that children develop communicative skills in both languages when surrounded by a bilingual friendly and emotional environment. They use both languages in their everyday life and have created a positive and emotional relationship with the English. https://czasopisma.bg.ug.edu.pl/index.php/pwe/article/view/734bilingual language aquisitionyoung childrenkindergartendaily routinesemotional learning context |
| spellingShingle | Margarida Pocinho Agnieszka Olczak Marzanna Franicka Bilingual language acquisition in preschool age: The emotional context of kindergarten daily routines Problemy Wczesnej Edukacji bilingual language aquisition young children kindergarten daily routines emotional learning context |
| title | Bilingual language acquisition in preschool age: The emotional context of kindergarten daily routines |
| title_full | Bilingual language acquisition in preschool age: The emotional context of kindergarten daily routines |
| title_fullStr | Bilingual language acquisition in preschool age: The emotional context of kindergarten daily routines |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bilingual language acquisition in preschool age: The emotional context of kindergarten daily routines |
| title_short | Bilingual language acquisition in preschool age: The emotional context of kindergarten daily routines |
| title_sort | bilingual language acquisition in preschool age the emotional context of kindergarten daily routines |
| topic | bilingual language aquisition young children kindergarten daily routines emotional learning context |
| url | https://czasopisma.bg.ug.edu.pl/index.php/pwe/article/view/734 |
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