Language promotion in everyday interactions within play groups: What kind of interactions occur between playgroup leaders and children?

Authors

  • Simone Kannengieser
  • Katrin Tovote

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24452/sjer.37.1.4943

Keywords:

Early second-language acquisition, daily activity-based language support, video analysis of interactions

Abstract

Playgroups are considered suitable social settings for early childhood second language support. The corresponding in-service training program for playgroup leaders of the Canton of Basel-Stadt emphasizes the method of daily activity-based language support. According to this approach, all everyday conversations –initiated by both the adult and the child – can serve as language promotion opportunities. In the sub-study of the SNF research project “MeKi – Early language support of multilingual preschool children above age 3“, interactions between playgroup leaders and individual target children are video-taped and analyzed using linguistic conversation analysis. The current article focuses on the empirically identified types of interactions, and the interpretation of their value for language promotion.

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Published

2018-09-20

How to Cite

Kannengieser, S. and Tovote, K. (2018) “Language promotion in everyday interactions within play groups: What kind of interactions occur between playgroup leaders and children?”, Swiss Journal of Educational Research, 37(1), pp. 57–74. doi:10.24452/sjer.37.1.4943.