ERIC Number: EJ1120828
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
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ISSN: ISSN-1927-5250
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The Effects of Educational Tools in Reducing Code-Switching in Child Simultaneous Bilingual Education
Jalilian, Sahar; Rahmatian, Rouhollah; Safa, Parivash; Letafati, Roya
Journal of Education and Learning, v5 n4 p306-317 2016
Simultaneous bilingual education of a child is a dynamic process. Construction of linguistic competences undeniably depends on the conditions of the linguistic environment of the child. This education in a monolingual family, requires the practice of parenting tactics to increase the frequency of the language use in minority, during which, code-switching prevents child from keeping the monolingual rhythm in the minority language. This case-study focuses on a 41 month-old girl whose only interactive source for the second language, i.e., French, is her non-native mother, since birth; Persian is the dominant social language. Seeking to promote language acquisition by offering several opportunities for the weaker language, "animation," accessible in every house, is introduced as an audio-visual educational tool. This paper experiments the application of a parental method to see if this passive tool can be used to create interaction and communication, how effective can such a document be on child language development while limiting code-switching and minimal level of expression and thus analyzing language learning of a child being exposed to two languages in a monolingual social environment. This research aims to prove the effectiveness of cartoon as an educational tool in improving the quality of a minority language acquisition by designing age-adapted activities that have been tested earlier to educational goals by the mother-researcher on primary school children. All sessions of this experiment were subjected to an audio recording which allows meticulous observation and data evaluation.
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Bilingual Education, Indo European Languages, Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Usage, Second Language Learning, Language Rhythm, Case Studies, Toddlers, Females, French, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Language Dominance, Animation, Cartoons, Elementary School Students, Audio Equipment, Observation, Bilingualism, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Iran
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