Det gäller att vara konkret!: En kvalitativ studie om fyra pedagogers syn på tvåspråkiga barns språkutveckling i en förskola och i en förskoleklass
2012 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (professional degree), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesisAlternative title
You have to be concrete! : A qualitative study of four teachers´ view on bilingual children's language development in a preschool and a preschool class (Swedish)
Abstract [en]
The study is based on Lev Vygotskijs and John Dewey's learning theory. Such is “the zone for immediate development” and “learning by doing”.
Purpose: The study's purpose was to examine how four teachers´ work with bilingual children's language development in a preschool and in a preschool class. These questions will be answered in my study: 1). which view of bilingualism have been the educators? 2). which language development approach has been the educators of preschool/ preschool class have chosen to promote the bilingual children's language development in the Swedish language? 3). what similarities and differences, I find the teachers' way of working with bilingual children?
Method: To investigate and answer the purpose of this study was therefore qualitative approach through interviews are used.
Results: The results show that both teachers in a preschool and preschool class are working with language development in order to encourage bilingual children's language development.
Conclusions: The conclusions are to be able to speak several languages is an asset. Teachers should encourage bilingual children to speak their native language. To encourage bilingual children's language development using a variety of language development methods in the form of music, singing, rhymes and chants. Reading many books and to retell.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2012. , p. 34
Keywords [en]
Bilingualism, multilingualism, language development work, preschool, preschool class
Keywords [sv]
Tvåspråkighet, flerspråkighet, språkutvecklande arbete, förskola, förskoleklass
National Category
Educational Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-16381OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-16381DiVA, id: diva2:532151
Subject / course
Education Studies
Uppsok
Social and Behavioural Science, Law
Supervisors
Examiners
2012-06-112012-06-092012-06-11Bibliographically approved