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Different Spaces: Learning and Literacy with Children and Their Grandparents in East London Homes
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Jessel, John; Kenner, Charmian; Gregory, Eve; Ruby, Mahera; Arju, Tahera – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2011
This paper investigates informal learning, literacy and language development occurring in the home through exchanges between children of three to six years of age and their grandparents in Sylheti/Bengali-speaking families of Bangladeshi origin and monolingual English-speaking families of mixed ethnicity living in east London. A survey identifying…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Informal Education, Grandparents, Monolingualism
Intergenerational Learning between Children and Grandparents in East London
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Kenner, Charmian; Ruby, Mahera; Jessel, John; Gregory, Eve; Arju, Tahera – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2007
This study investigates the learning exchange between three- to six-year-old children and their grandparents, in Sylheti/Bengali-speaking families of Bangladeshi origin and monolingual English-speaking families living in east London. The following concepts from sociocultural theory are applied to this new area of intergenerational learning:…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Grandparents, Monolingualism, Sociocultural Patterns