Semiotic Landscapes as Constructions of Multilingualism -- A Case Study of Two Kindergartens

Autor/in	Pesch, Anja Maria
Titel	Semiotic Landscapes as Constructions of Multilingualism -- A Case Study of Two Kindergartens
Quelle	In: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 29 (2021) 3, S.363-380 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-293X
DOI	10.1080/1350293X.2021.1928725
Schlagwörter	Multilingualism; German; Kindergarten; Semiotics; Ethnography; Case Studies; Norwegian; Language Attitudes; Cross Cultural Studies; Teaching Methods; Second Languages; Photography; Oral Language; Educational Practices; Language Usage; Second Language Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Deutscher; Semiotik; Ethnografie; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Norwegisch; Sprachverhalten; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Second language; Zweitsprache; Fotografie; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Bildungspraxis; Sprachgebrauch; Zweitsprachenerwerb
Abstract	This article explores the construction of multilingualism in the semiotic landscapes of two kindergartens, one in Norway and one in Germany. Semiotic landscape is here understood as the visual linguistic environment, including various semiotic resources, such as texts, symbols, drawings or pictures. In kindergarten, semiotic landscapes construct and transform views on languages and multilingualism as well as pedagogical aims. The data material for this study was collected during ethnographic fieldwork. Using a nexus analytic approach the paper explores which discourses on multilingualism are constructed in the semiotic landscapes, whose voices are represented and which interaction order they involve. While the semiotic landscape in the Norwegian kindergarten constructs the kindergarten as multilingual, the semiotic landscape in the German kindergarten points to a predominance of German. However, a closer analysis also shows practices that erase linguistic diversity and devalue multilingualism in the Norwegian kindergarten and practices that encourage multilingualism in the German kindergarten. An important part of this is the oral communication practice which at times contrasts the overall discourses in the semiotic landscapes. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01