'Red Is the Colour of the Heart': Making Young Children's Multilingualism Visible through Language Portraits

Autor/inn/en	Soares, Camila Tabaro; Duarte, Joana; Günther-van der Meij, Mirjam
Titel	'Red Is the Colour of the Heart': Making Young Children's Multilingualism Visible through Language Portraits
Quelle	In: Language and Education, 35 (2020) 1, S.22-41 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Duarte, Joana)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0950-0782
DOI	10.1080/09500782.2020.1833911
Schlagwörter	Multilingualism; Color; Sociolinguistics; Student Attitudes; Self Concept; Semiotics; Content Analysis; Second Language Learning; Elementary School Students; Immigrants; Language Minorities; Foreign Countries; Institutional Characteristics; Portraiture; English (Second Language); Indo European Languages; Fantasy; Native Language; Language Skills; Emotional Response; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Colour; Farbbezeichnung; Farbe; Soziolinguistik; Schülerverhalten; Selbstkonzept; Semiotik; Inhaltsanalyse; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Sprachminderheit; Ausland; Abbildung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Indoeuropäisch; Fantasie; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Emotionales Verhalten; Niederlande
Abstract	The increasing occurrence of multilingualism in the educational sphere is challenging teachers to deal with the coexistence of different languages in the classroom. The present paper presents the analysis of language portraits as a tool to make students' multilingualism visible by using colours to represent their multilingual repertoires. Through a mixed methods design, our research analyses 570 language portraits and sociolinguistic surveys, as well as 21 semi-structured interviews with children aged 6 to 13 in order to investigate the ways in which pupils represent and reflect upon their multilingual repertoires. Using a qualitative content analysis, we have classified the most common patterns within pupils' choices of colours and placement of languages on their portraits, later analysed through a semiotic approach. Results show three recurring patterns of colour choices: colours of national flags, associations with life experiences, and associations with feelings. As for language placement, results show two recurring patterns: structuring languages according to linguistic skills, and according to body functions. The analysis also revealed a tendency among participants of representing their languages through a "monolingual lens" (García and Flores) and draws implications for the implementation of multilingual education. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01