Beyond Borders-Digital Tablets as a Resource for Pre-School Children's Communication in a Minority Language

Autor/in	Petersen, Petra
Titel	Beyond Borders-Digital Tablets as a Resource for Pre-School Children's Communication in a Minority Language
Quelle	In: Designs for Learning, 10 (2018) 1, S.88-99 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2001-7480
Schlagwörter	Language Minorities; Handheld Devices; Multilingualism; Preschool Education; Video Technology; Ethnography; Semiotics; Communication Skills; Prior Learning; Technology Uses in Education; Videoconferencing; Peer Relationship; Swedish; Bilingualism; Finno Ugric Languages; Language of Instruction; Foreign Countries; Instructional Design; Computer Software; Dictionaries; Multimedia Materials; Preschool Children; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachminderheit; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Ethnografie; Semiotik; Kommunikationsstil; Vorkenntnisse; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Peer-Beziehungen; Schwedisch; Bilingualismus; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Ausland; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Dictionary; Wörterbuch; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschule; Schweden
Abstract	In this video ethnographic study, a social semiotic approach has been used to explore how the use of digital tablets in preschools may enable children's communication in a minority language. The results show how preschool children use the emerging affordances of digital tablets in order to act as producers of minority language activities, where their prior knowledge is acknowledged. Applications such as Skype enable peers to communicate in a mutual language beyond the limitations of geographic preschool boundaries. Limitations, such as the lack of appropriate applications available in minority languages, are also discussed. Furthermore, a proposal is made to broaden the understanding of what could constitute multilingual activities. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Stockholm University Press. Stockholm University Library, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden. Web site: https://www.designsforlearning.nu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01