Awakening Young Children to Foreign Languages: Openness to Diversity Highlighted

Autor/in	Ben Maad, Mohamed Ridha
Titel	Awakening Young Children to Foreign Languages: Openness to Diversity Highlighted
Quelle	In: Language, Culture and Curriculum, 29 (2016) 3, S.319-336 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0790-8318
DOI	10.1080/07908318.2016.1184679
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Pretests Posttests; Young Children; Questionnaires; Student Attitudes; Cultural Awareness; Ethnic Diversity; Foreign Countries; Preschool Children; Preschool Education; Elementary School Students; Learning Activities; Dance; Singing; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Place of Residence; Likert Scales; Consciousness Raising; Multivariate Analysis; Maximum Likelihood Statistics; Tunisia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Frühe Kindheit; Fragebogen; Schülerverhalten; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Ausland; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Lernaktivität; Tanz; Gesang; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Wohnort; Likert-Skala; Bewusstseinsbildung; Multivariate Analyse; Tunesien
Abstract	The study of how foreign languages affect the personality-building process has received considerable attention in early childhood research. A number of related projects implemented across Europe have been conducted to establish how such influence may contribute to active citizenship education. However, no echoes of this research line have reached scholarship concerned with education in developing countries. Within this purview, this paper reports on a study conducted in Tunisia to examine how awakening children to foreign languages/cultures might reinforce their sense of openness to diversity. A total 127 five-to-seven-year olds participated in a four-month experience where they were introduced to a number of foreign languages/cultures. Pre-post-test results from a questionnaire specifically designed for this study suggested that the participants' receptivity to diversity increased quite significantly. Building on these results, much comparable research in developing countries is needed in an attempt to establish a discerning vision about foreign language education from pre-school onward. (As Provided).
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