Families Learn Together: Reconceptualizing Linguistic Diversity as a Resource

Autor/in	Souto-Manning, Mariana
Titel	Families Learn Together: Reconceptualizing Linguistic Diversity as a Resource
Quelle	In: Early Childhood Education Journal, 33 (2006) 6, S.443-446 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1082-3301
DOI	10.1007/s10643-005-0051-1
Schlagwörter	Cultural Differences; Misconceptions; Urban Areas; Mothers; Multilingualism; Second Language Learning; Young Children; Bilingualism; Mother Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kultureller Unterschied; Missverständnis; Urban area; Stadtregion; Mother; Mutter; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Frühe Kindheit; Bilingualismus; Mutterliebe
Abstract	While a growing number of diverse children are entering U.S. schools, misconceptions remain regarding language acquisition. Analysis of weekly interactions in an urban children's playgroup in the South reveals how the concept of language diversity as a deficit is still widespread. Mothers of young children still believed that efforts to learn multiple languages diminish a child's ability to learn other things. Conversely, research points to multilingualism as a resource rather than a deficit. Findings indicate that interactions among mothers and children, mediated by the researcher, combined with observations of one child's bilingual development allowed mothers and young children to rethink their beliefs regarding linguistic diversity. They began recognizing that bilingualism/multilingualism adds to the lives of all children. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10