ERIC Number: EJ1345102
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
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Translanguaging for Varying Discourse Functions in Sociodramatic Play: An Exploratory Multiple Case Study of Young Emergent Bilinguals
International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, v25 n5 p1697-1712 2022
This exploratory multiple case study investigated how preschool-age, Spanish-English emergent bilingual (EB) children with diverse language profiles leverage their discursive resources to engage with peers and teachers in sociodramatic play (SDP) interactions. Data were collected over the course of one academic year, including weekly video recordings of child-peer and child-teacher interactions in SDP activity. A dynamic conceptualization of bilingualism and a community of practice perspective guided our cross-case analysis of three EBs, leading to the identification of three themes characterizing children's oral discourse functions -- narrating action/events, requesting/inviting, and asserting position -- and varying languaging patterns in SDP. Sample excerpts illustrate the ways in which children assembled and orchestrated fluid and agentive translingual practices to extend, elicit, and justify play ideas, as well as to bridge communication with peers.
Descriptors: Play, Drama, Code Switching (Language), Bilingualism, Communities of Practice, Second Language Learning, Native Language, Language Usage, Video Technology, Peer Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship, Case Studies, Oral Language, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Immigrants, Hispanic American Students, Spanish, English (Second Language), Intelligence Tests, Literacy, Phonological Awareness, Screening Tests, Vocabulary, Verbal Ability, Narration, Classroom Communication
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening
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