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Children's Socialisation into Literate Practices through Engaging in Translation Activities in Immersion Preschool
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Kultti, Anne; Pramling, Niklas – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2021
In this empirical study, we analyse how five-year-old children are socialised into particular interpretive practices indicative of a literate mind. The data come from translation activities where children with their teacher listen to and then talk about how to understand the lyrics to a popular children's song. The setting is a Finnish-Swedish…
Descriptors: Socialization, Translation, Immersion Programs, Finno Ugric Languages
Inter-Life: A Novel, Three-Dimensional, Virtual Learning Environment for Life Transition Skills Learning
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Devlin, Alison M.; Lally, Vic; Sclater, Madeleine; Parussel, Karla – Interactive Learning Environments, 2015
This paper presents the findings from one of the first empirical research studies which has investigated the impact of Inter-Life; a novel three-dimensional immersive virtual learning environment, on learning and development of social and educational life transition skills in a group of looked after and accommodated children. Drawing on social…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Virtual Classrooms, Skill Development, Child Development
An Analysis of the Nature of Classroom Activities: A Comparative Study of an Immersion English Class and a Non-Immersion English Class in the Mainland of China
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Liang, Xiaohua – Frontiers of Education in China, 2011
This study was designed to investigate the nature of activities in an immersion English class and a non-immersion English class in the mainland of China, and to find out the differences between these two types of class through data gained from observation and interviews. Spoken discourse analysis was used to analyze the data, where Engestrom's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Observation, Interviews
Soliciting Teacher Attention in an L2 Classroom: Affect Displays, Classroom Artefacts, and Embodied Action
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Cekaite, Asta – Applied Linguistics, 2009
This paper explores L2 novices' ways of soliciting teacher attention, more specifically, their summonses. The data are based on detailed analyses of video recordings in a Swedish language immersion classroom. The analyses illuminate the lexical shape of summonses in conjunction with prosody, body posture, gestures, and classroom artefacts. As…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Immersion Programs, Swedish
Katimavik Participant's Manual, Book IV, Second Language Learning = Katimavik manuel du participant, cahier IV, l'apprentissage de la langue seconde. Revised.
Crelinsten, Michael, Ed. – 1983
The second language (French or English) learning activity portion of Katimavik, a nine-month volunteer community service and experiential learning program for 17 to 21-year-old Canadians, provides an opportunity for living in a French language environment with other people who speak French, or, for participants whose native language is French, to…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, French, Immersion Programs
Manitoba Kindergarten Assessment: English Language, French Immersion and Heritage Language Programs, 1985. Summary Report.
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Curriculum Development Branch. – 1987
Intended for distribution to kindergarten teachers, elementary school principals, school superintendents, Manitoba Department of Education, and provincial libraries and universities, this summary report contains a brief description of the 1985 Manitoba Kindergarten Assessment, and presents assessment findings and related recommendations based on…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Improvement, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Manitoba Kindergarten Assessment: English Language, French Immersion and Heritage Language Programs, 1985. General Report.
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Curriculum Development Branch. – 1985
This general report presents findings of Manitoba's 1985 assessment of kindergarten English, French immersion, and heritage language programs. The report contains a description of classroom observations, and summaries of interviews with teachers and principals. Sections of the report focus on: (1) background to the assessment; (2) physical…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cultural Differences, Educational Improvement, English Instruction