Awareness of Language Use in Conceptualization: A Study of Children's Understanding of Movement and Gravity

Autor/inn/en	Akerblom, Annika; Anderberg, Elsie; Alvegard, Christer; Svensson, Lennart
Titel	Awareness of Language Use in Conceptualization: A Study of Children's Understanding of Movement and Gravity
Quelle	In: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 55 (2011) 3, S.255-271 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-3831
Schlagwörter	Metalinguistics; Language Usage; Qualitative Research; Dialogs (Language); Science Instruction; Language Acquisition; Preschool Children; Elementary School Students; Grade 4; Foreign Countries; Learning Processes; Scientific Concepts; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Metalanguage; Metasprache; Sprachgebrauch; Qualitative Forschung; Dialog; Dialogs; Dialogue; Dialogues; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Ausland; Learning process; Lernprozess; Schweden
Abstract	In this article the role of children's awareness of the function of language use is examined in an empirical, qualitative investigation. Forty children of six and 10 years old were asked to make sense of a science problem in special dialogue setting where they were encouraged to reflect on their own language use. The article concerns the interplay between language use and meaning-making. Dialogue excerpts where the children expressed awareness of their own language and understanding were selected, and qualities of awareness were delimited in these excerpts and grouped in four descriptive categories. A widened definition of language awareness is proposed and discussed, in which awareness of the close relationship between language use and meaning-making is taken into consideration. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10