Multilingualism as a resource in the foreign language classroom.

Autor/inn/en	Illman, Veera; Pietilä, Päivi
Titel	Multilingualism as a resource in the foreign language classroom.
Quelle	In: ELT journal, 72 (2018) 3, S. 237-248 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Anhang; Abbildungen 1; Tabellen 1
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-8290; 0307-8337; 0951-0893; 1477-4526
Schlagwörter	Empirische Forschung; Englischunterricht; Finnland; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Mehrsprachigkeit; Didaktik; Migration; Empirische Forschung; Didaktik; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Mehrsprachigkeit; Englischunterricht; Migration; Migrationshintergrund; Migrationshintergrund; Finnland
Abstract	Foreign language classes are becoming increasingly multilingual even in countries that until recently have been remarkably monocultural, such as Finland. Teachers may not be prepared for this new situation, and the needs of students with immigrant backgrounds may be overlooked. This article reports a study in which both students with immigrant backgrounds and teachers of English were asked how they experienced multilingualism in the language classroom and how the students' multilingual background was taken into account in English classes. Both groups answered a questionnaire with closed and open questions. The results indicated that the children found English relatively easy to learn and they were able to use their L1s especially to benefit vocabulary learning. The majority of the teachers had not received any training in teaching students of immigrant background, but they reported having developed some strategies that utilized their students' multilingualism for the benefit of teaching English. (Verlag).
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	2022/2