From Home to School: Bridging the Language Gap in Mauritian Preschools

Autor/in	Auleear Owodally, Ambarin Mooznah
Titel	From Home to School: Bridging the Language Gap in Mauritian Preschools
Quelle	In: Language, Culture and Curriculum, 23 (2010) 1, S.15-33 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0790-8318
Schlagwörter	Preschool Curriculum; Creoles; Primary Education; English (Second Language); Teaching Methods; Family School Relationship; French; Second Language Learning; Language of Instruction; Literacy; Role; Preschool Education; Second Language Instruction; Articulation (Education); School Readiness; Foreign Countries; Mauritius + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kreole; Primarbereich; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Französisch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Rollen; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Articulation; Artikulation (Ling); Artikulation; Aussprache; Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Ausland
Abstract	Most Mauritian children face a language challenge as they leave their homes and start school. While most Mauritian children speak a French-lexified Creole as home language, the Mauritian primary education programme promotes English as the main language of literacy and the only written medium of instruction. In such a context, the preschool has the implicit role of preparing the 4- and 5-year-old Creole-speaking children for the English-mediated primary education curriculum. This paper examines the role of the preschool in bridging the language gap between the home and the school. On the basis of an analysis of the English language teaching practices of teachers in seven preschools, it is argued that there is a lack of coherence and continuity between the preschool curriculum and the primary school curriculum and that the preschool inadequately prepares children for the language challenges of the primary school programme. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10