ERIC Number: EJ985538
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 32
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Scaffolding Productive Language Skills through Sociodramatic Play
Galeano, Rebecca
American Journal of Play, v3 n3 p324-355 Win 2011
This article reviews how a receptive, bilingual four-year-old increased her Spanish productive-language skills over five weeks as she engaged in Spanish-language play sessions with bilingual peers. The data show her growing participation in group verbal interactions along with her growing production of her weaker language. In addition, a microanalysis of play sessions illustrates the techniques employed by the four-year-old's playmates to scaffold the linguistic production of the child's weaker language in sociodramatic play. The author concludes that the study has implications for parents who wish to provide their children with opportunities to develop or maintain more than one language. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Language Skills, Play, Bilingualism, Dramatic Play, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Receptive Language, Bilingual Education, Peer Influence, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Peer Groups, Language Acquisition, Social Psychology, Achievement Need, Child Development, Code Switching (Language), Spanish Speaking, Language Proficiency, Pretests Posttests, English (Second Language), Preschool Children
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Preschool Education
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Language: English
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