ERIC Number: EJ1434002
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0143-4632
EISSN: EISSN-1747-7557
Teacher and Peer Interaction in Lower Age Novice-Newcomer's L2 Learning and Socialisation
Lijuan Wang; Katri Jokikokko
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, v45 n6 p2048-2063 2024
This study adopts a sociocultural approach to examine the language socialisation of a lower age novice-newcomer recently arrived in a Finnish open day care centre. A mixed method approach combining ethnographic analysis and quantitative analysis has been used to analyse video-recordings. The results suggest that when educators recognise language novice-newcomer's diverse needs and deploy thereby multimodal socialising strategies (i.e. verbal, gestural), the novice-newcomer's language and interactive competences could ameliorate across time. Different from adults, the local children seem unconscious of the diverse needs of peers from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, which sets out challenges for educators in balancing recognition of diversity with equality.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Child Care Centers, Second Language Learning, Interpersonal Communication, Verbal Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Young Children, Cultural Differences, Socialization, Early Childhood Education, Student Diversity, Teacher Student Relationship, Peer Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
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