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Preschool bilingual education :

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Preschool bilingual education :

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agency in interactions between children, teachers, and parents /

Mila Schwartz, editor.

Cham, Switzerland :

Springer,

[2018]

©2018

1 online resource

Multilingual education ;

volume 25

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Intro; Dedication; Preface; Reference; Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; Preschool Bilingual Education: Agency in Interactions between Children, Teachers, and Parents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Motivation; 1.2 Why Do We Need to Focus on Preschool Bilingual Education As a Distinct Research Domain?; 2 Theoretical Perspectives; 2.1 Agency; 2.2 Ecology of Language Learning; 2.3 Sociocultural Theory and Teachers', Peers' and Parents' Mediation; 2.4 Bronfenbrenner's Bio-Ecological Perspectives; 2.5 Educational Partnership; 3 The Current Volume: New Theoretical and Empirical Issues.

2 Literature Review2.1 The Impact of Language Ideologies on Teachers' Beliefs; 2.2 Language Mediation Strategies; 2.3 Models of Bilingual Education; 2.3.1 Language Separation; 2.3.2 Flexible Bilingualism; 2.4 Teachers' Beliefs; 3 The Maltese Context; 3.1 The Sociolinguistic Situation; 3.2 Language Use in Early Childhood Education in Malta; 4 Methodology; 4.1 The Research Questions; 4.2 Participants; 4.2.1 Ms Carla; 4.2.2 Ms Martha; 4.3 The Research Settings; 4.3.1 Ms Carla's Class; 4.3.2 Ms Martha's Class; 4.4 Data Collection; 4.4.1 The Classroom Observations.

3.1 Child's, teacher's, and Parents' Agencies in Interaction3.2 Child's Agency; 3.2.1 Child's Willingness to Perceive a Novel Language and Use It for Communication; 3.2.2 Children As Language Experts and Models; 3.3 Teacher's and child's Agencies in Interaction; 3.3.1 Teacher's Reflections; 3.3.2 Language-Conducive Contexts in the Classroom; 3.3.3 Language-Conducive Strategies; 3.3.4 Diversity in children's Linguistic Background and Flexible Language Use; 3.4 Parents', Child's and teacher's Agencies in Interaction; 4 Summary; References.

3.2 A Brief Description of the Language Model and Curriculum of the Target Kindergarten4 Research Questions; 5 Methodology; 5.1 Research Design; 5.2 Data Generation and Analysis; 5.2.1 Participants; 5.2.2 Instrumentation and Procedure; 6 Results; 6.1 The Teachers' and Children's Attitudes Towards the 'One Person -- One Language' Approach; 6.2 Language Teaching Strategies; 6.3 The Teachers' and Parents' Motivational Strategies; 7 Discussion; 8 Conclusions; Appendix; Children's Interview Statements; References; To Mix Languages or Not? Preschool Bilingual Education in Malta; 1 Introduction.

Part I: Teachers' Challenges in Navigating Bilingual Spaces in Their Classrooms and Practical DecisionsSeparating the Languages in a Bilingual Preschool: To Do or Not to Do?; 1 Introduction; 2 Theoretical Background; 2.1 The 'One Person -- One Language' Approach; 2.2 Language Teaching Strategies in the Bilingual Classroom; 2.2.1 Translanguaging and Translating; 2.3 Motivational Strategies Aimed at Enhancing Language Learning; 3 Background of the Present Study; 3.1 A Brief Description of the Socio-Cultural and Socio-ƯLinguistic Context.

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This volume provides an up-to-date collection of key aspects related to current preschool bilingual education research from a socio-linguistic perspective. The focus is on preschool bilingual education in multilingual Europe, which is characterized by diverse language models and children's linguistic backgrounds. The book explores the contemporary perspectives on early bilingual education in light of the threefold theoretical framework of child's, teachers', and parents' agencies in interaction in preschool bilingual education. Five significant theoretical concepts are promoted in this volume: the ecology of language learning, an educational partnership for bilingualism, a notion of agency in early language development and education, language-conducive contexts, and language-conducive strategies. The volume examines preschool bilingual education as embedded in specific socio-cultural contexts on the one hand and highlights its universal features on the other. The book is a fundamental read for scholars and students of second language teaching, preschool education, and bilingual education in multilingual and multicultural societies.

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Education, Bilingual.

Education, Preschool.

Second language acquisition.

EDUCATION-- Essays.

EDUCATION-- Organizations & Institutions.

EDUCATION-- Reference.

Education, Bilingual.

Education, Preschool.

Second language acquisition.

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