Effects of a Preschool Bilingual Family Literacy Programme

Autor/inn/en	Hirst, Kath; Hannon, Peter; Nutbrown, Cathy
Titel	Effects of a Preschool Bilingual Family Literacy Programme
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 10 (2010) 2, S.183-208 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1468-7984
DOI	10.1177/1468798410363838
Schlagwörter	Control Groups; Siblings; Home Visits; Family Literacy; Bilingualism; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Preschool Education; Immigrants; Foreign Countries; Interviews; Family Attitudes; Literacy Education; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Urdu; Indo European Languages; Pakistan; United Kingdom; United Kingdom (Sheffield) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sibling; Geschwister; Hausbesuch; Bilingualismus; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Ausland; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Indoeuropäisch; Großbritannien
Abstract	This article reports a multi-method evaluation of a one-year small-scale preschool family literacy programme with bilingual Pakistani-origin families in the UK. The programme was implemented mostly through home visits and included provision of literacy resources, some postal communication and group meetings. The study was conducted in collaboration with the Sheffield REAL (Raising Early Achievement in Literacy) project. Take-up and participation were high (with significant involvement of older siblings) and no families dropped-out. Families' views, obtained through interviews at the beginning and end of the programme, were extremely positive in terms of increased understanding of how to support their children's literacy development, impact on their confidence and literacy achievements, and how they valued the programme. Outcomes for children showed significant gains over a control group. The family literacy programme was found to be both feasible and effective. (Contains 6 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10