Making Space for Young Children's Embodied Cultural Literacies and Heritage Languages with Dual Language Books

Autor/inn/en	Si'ilata, Rae K.; Jacobs, Mary M.; Gaffney, Janet S.; Aseta, Martha; Hansell, Kyla
Titel	Making Space for Young Children's Embodied Cultural Literacies and Heritage Languages with Dual Language Books
Quelle	In: Reading Teacher, 77 (2023) 1, S.24-36 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Si'ilata, Rae K.) ORCID (Jacobs, Mary M.) ORCID (Gaffney, Janet S.) ORCID (Aseta, Martha) ORCID (Hansell, Kyla)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0034-0561
DOI	10.1002/trtr.2195
Schlagwörter	Literacy Education; Bilingualism; English (Second Language); Malayo Polynesian Languages; Foreign Countries; Pacific Islanders; Ethnic Groups; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Native Language; Bilingual Instructional Materials; Preschool Children; Early Childhood Education; Family Literacy; Teaching Methods; Cultural Pluralism; Faculty Development; Instructional Innovation; Culturally Relevant Education; Heritage Education; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingualismus; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ausland; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Ethnie; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Kulturpluralismus; Educational Innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Neuseeland
Abstract	The Pasifika Early Literacy Project supports teachers to make space for the languages and cultures of Pacific children and families in early childhood settings in Aotearoa New Zealand. Dual-language books in five Pacific languages and English validate Pacific children's languages, literacies, and identities. We highlight teacher practices following professional learning and development workshops. Teachers are invited to challenge dominant monocultural notions of language and literacy that perpetuate educational inequities. Illustrations of early childhood teachers' innovations with Pacific children (aged 2-6 years) demonstrate how dual-language texts can be connected to families' embodied cultural literacies. Understandings of "literacy" and "reading" were expanded to include children's expressive modalities through oral and visual texts in heritage languages and English. This work highlights the role of teachers to connect, rather than replace, the worldviews, languages, and literacies of families with the pedagogical practices of early childhood settings. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01