Early Childhood Language Education And Literacy Practices In Ethiopia

Author : Kassahun Weldemariam,Margareth Sandvik,Moges Yigezu
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000985931

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Early Childhood Language Education and Literacy Practices in Ethiopia by Kassahun Weldemariam,Margareth Sandvik,Moges Yigezu Pdf

This edited volume explores how indigenous knowledges and practices can be instrumental in improving literacy outcomes and teacher development practices in Ethiopia, aiding children’s long-term reading, and learning outcomes. The chapters present research from a collaborative project between Ethiopia and Norway and demonstrate how students can be supported to think pragmatically, learn critically and be in possession of the citizenship skills necessary to thrive in a multilingual world. The authors celebrate multilingualism and bring indigenous traditions such as oracy, storytelling, folktales to the fore revealing their positive impact on educational attainment. Addressing issues of language diversity and systematic ignorance of indigenous literacy practices, the book plays a necessary role in introducing Ethiopia’s cultural heritage to the West and, hence, bridges the cultural gaps between the global north and global south. Arguably contributing one of the first publications on early literacy in Ethiopian languages, this book will appeal to scholars, researchers and postgraduate students studying the fields of early years literacy and language, indigenous knowledge and applied linguistics more broadly.

Author : Pauline Harris,Cynthia Brock,Elspeth McInnes,Bec Neill,Alexandra Diamond,Jenni Carter,Ufemia Camaitoga,Meresiana Krishna,Eleni Giannakis
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811565878

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Children’s Multilingual Literacy by Pauline Harris,Cynthia Brock,Elspeth McInnes,Bec Neill,Alexandra Diamond,Jenni Carter,Ufemia Camaitoga,Meresiana Krishna,Eleni Giannakis Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive report on a three-year, cross-cultural, critical participatory action research study, conducted in children’s homes and communities in Fiji. This project contributed to building sustainable local capacity in communities without access to early childhood services, so as to promote preschool children’s literacy development in their home languages and English. The book includes rich descriptions of the young children’s lived, multilingual literacy practices in their home and community contexts. This work advances research-based practices for fostering young children’s multilingual literacy and building community capacity in a post-colonial Pasifika context; further, it shares valuable insights into processes and complexities that are inherent to multiliteracy and cross-cultural research.

Author : Christine McNab
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Amharic language
ISBN : STANFORD:36105003589145

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Language Policy and Language Practice by Christine McNab Pdf

Author : Mila Schwartz
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 939 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030916626

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Handbook of Early Language Education by Mila Schwartz Pdf

This is the first international and interdisciplinary handbook to offer a comprehensive and an in-depth overview of findings from contemporary research, theory, and practice in early childhood language education in various parts of the world and with different populations. The contributions by leading scholars and practitioners are structured to give a survey of the topic, highlight its importance, and provide a critical stance. The book covers preschool ages, and looks at children belonging to diverse ethno-linguistic groups and experiencing different histories and pathways of their socio-linguistic and socio-cultural development and early education. The languages under the scope of this handbook are identified by the contributors as immigrant languages, indigenous, endangered, heritage, regional, minority, majority, and marginalized, as well as foreign and second languages, all of which are discussed in relation to early language education as the key concept of the handbook. In this volume, “early language education” will refer to any kind of setting, both formal and informal (e.g. nursery, kindergarten, early childhood education centers, complementary early schooling etc.) in which language learning within a context of children's sociolinguistic diversity takes place before elementary school.

Author : Claire J. McLachlan,Alison W. Arrow
Publisher : Springer
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811020759

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Literacy in the Early Years by Claire J. McLachlan,Alison W. Arrow Pdf

This edited collection provides an in-depth exploration of different aspects of contemporary early childhood literacy research and the implications for educational practice. Each chapter details how the research was conducted and any issues that researchers encountered in collecting data with very young children, as well as what the research findings mean for educational practice. It includes photographs of effective literacy practice, detailed explanations of research methods so the studies can be replicated or expanded upon, and key features for promoting effective literacy practice in early childhood settings. This book is an essential read for everyone who is interested in exploring the complexities and challenges of researching literacy acquisition in the youngest children.

Author : Mila Schwartz
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781003831365

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Ecological Perspectives in Early Language Education by Mila Schwartz Pdf

This book presents ecological perspectives towards early language education that conceptualise the phenomenon of interactions between child language-based agency, teachers’ agency, peers’ agency and parents’ agency, consequently furthering insights into the lives of young children growing up in multilingual homes. Drawing on rich empirical research evidence, the book explores teachers’ and family strategies and practices aimed at enhancing children’s interest in home language maintenance and enrichment as well as in the novel language learning. It defines early language education as the education of children up to the age of 6 and considers international evidence of children’s language from diverse sociolinguistic backgrounds and indigenous, endangered, heritage, regional, minority, majority, and marginalized languages, as well as foreign and second languages in education at home and out-of-home settings. It claims that only through collaboration between teachers, families, peers, and close environment, can the child be engaged in early language learning and fully experience his or her potential to act as agent in a novel language learning. The book will be of great interest to researchers, academics, and postgraduate students in the fields of language education, multilingualism, applied linguistics, and early childhood education. Practitioners in these fields may also find the volume a valuable resource.

Author : Erika Piazzoli,Fiona Dalziel
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781040002667

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Performative Language Learning with Refugees and Migrants by Erika Piazzoli,Fiona Dalziel Pdf

This book investigates the use of performative language pedagogy in working with refugees and migrants, exploring performative language teaching as the application of drama, music, dance and storytelling to second language acquisition. Documenting a community-based project – funded by the Irish Research Council and conducted with three groups of refugees and migrants in Ireland and Italy – the book explores the methodological, pedagogical and ethical elements of performative language learning in the context of migration. Written by a team of arts-based researchers and practitioners, chapters discuss findings from the project that relate to factors such as embodied research methods, a motivation to belong and the ethical imagination, while exhibiting how performative language pedagogy can be effective in supporting children and adults in a range of challenging contexts. Offering a poetic and pictorial representation of the Sorgente Project, this book will be of interest to postgraduate students, researchers and academics in the fields of English language arts and literacy education, drama in education, the sociology of education and second language acquisition more broadly. Those working in refugee and migrant studies, and teacher education studies will also find the volume of use.

Author : Robyn Jorgensen,Mellony Graven
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811677670

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Merging Numeracy with Literacy Practices for Equity in Multilingual Early Year Settings by Robyn Jorgensen,Mellony Graven Pdf

This book draws on both in and out of school literacy practices with teachers and families to enhance the numeracy of early learners. It provides highly illustrative exemplars, targeted for learners up to approximately eight years of age whose home language differs from the language of instruction. It identifies the challenges faced by these learners and their families, and shares ways of building both literacy and numeracy skills for some of the vulnerable learners nationally and internationally. The book shares the outcomes and strategies for teaching mathematics to early years learners and highlights the importance of literacy practices for learners for whom the language of instruction is different from their home language. Readers will gain a practical sense of how to create contexts, classrooms and practices to scaffold these learners to build robust understandings of mathematics.

Author : Zia Tajeddin,Bedrettin Yazan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781040004265

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Language Teacher Identity Tensions by Zia Tajeddin,Bedrettin Yazan Pdf

Addressing the critical issue of teacher identity tensions, this edited volume looks at the tensions between teachers’ instructional beliefs, values, and priorities, and the contextual constraints and requirements. It examines how teachers deal with these tensions to avoid demotivation and burnout, which play a significant role in identity construction. Tensions are inseparable from growth and transformation but have the potential to disrupt teacher identity construction. Therefore, continual efforts to resolve tensions in teaching are inevitable. The process of resolution or reconciliation might be extended, and teachers could need support in that process to minimize the possible negative impacts on their identities. This process can simultaneously generate positive outcomes for teachers’ growth and learning. Therefore, how teachers perceive, respond to, and grapple with tensions are critical experiences that offer windows into the complexities of teacher identity negotiation. The volume paints a picture of the personal, professional, and political dimensions of teacher identity tensions in various international contexts. The chapters draw on empirical studies with clear pedagogical implications to illustrate what identity tensions language teachers face in and outside the classroom during their career trajectory, how language teachers cope with identity tensions in their professional life, and how teacher educators can integrate identity tensions into teacher learning activities. This book is beneficial for students and lecturers in applied linguistics, educational linguistics, and educational psychology. It will also be helpful of interest to teacher educators, teacher education researchers, teacher supervisors, and MA and doctoral students interested in research on language teacher identity.

Author : Mark Wyatt,Farahnaz Faez
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-02-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781003853299

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Building the Self-Efficacy Beliefs of English Language Learners and Teachers by Mark Wyatt,Farahnaz Faez Pdf

Building the Self-Efficacy Beliefs of English Language Learners and Teachers explores, juxtaposes and bridges two fields of research that have developed separately: the self-efficacy beliefs of English language learners and the self-efficacy beliefs of English language teachers. The aim is to expand understanding in each field and highlight how the two areas can mutually inform each other. This should encourage fresh perspectives, providing direction for researchers, and improving learning, teaching, and teacher education. Empirical research suggests that English language learners and teachers who believe they can fulfil a task are more likely to succeed than those who believe they cannot. Based on a deep understanding of how self-efficacy beliefs are formed and developed, this book illustrates how such beliefs can be supported and researched amongst English language learners and teachers. Bringing together the work of educators and researchers working in contexts including Algeria, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Iran, Israel, Japan, Türkiye, the UK, the USA, and Vietnam, this volume includes meta-analyses largely focusing on quantitative data and empirical studies employing qualitative approaches and mixed methods. Studies included examine factors impacting the development of language teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs and investigate domain-specific dimensions of the self-efficacy beliefs of English language learners and teachers. This rigorous and original volume will appeal to an international readership of scholars, teachers, teacher educators, and researchers with interests in language education, teacher education, TESOL, linguistics, and educational psychology.

Author : Bene Bassetti
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781003801627

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Effects of Orthography on Second Language Phonology by Bene Bassetti Pdf

This is the first book devoted to the effects of orthographic forms (spellings) on second language phonology. Written by one of the pioneer researchers in the field, the book provides an authoritative overview of the effects of spellings on the perception, production, awareness, learning and teaching of sounds and spoken words in a second language. Using the findings and implications from a large-scale research project at its centre, the book reveals that English consonants spelled with double letters lead Italian learners and users of English as a second language to perceive, produce, classify, and learn English consonants as geminates (long consonants). Presenting a narrative of a second language research project, and discussing its implications, the book will be of interest to scholars and researchers in the fields of orthography, phonology, and speech and language perception. Language teaching practitioners will also find the book useful.

Author : Dereje Dakamo
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783346176172

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Relevance of "O" class curriculum in Ethiopia and its Implication for Early Childhood Care and Education Teacher Training by Dereje Dakamo Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject Didactics - Common Didactics, Educational Objectives, Methods, , language: English, abstract: This study was aimed at investigation of the relevance of O class curriculum in Ethiopia. Its implications for early childhood care and education teacher education was stressed. Descriptive survey approach was employed as a quantitative research design. Moreover, four regional states randomly selected were involved in the study. Document review was the main data gathering tool in the study. Findings from the study reveal Ethiopian O class curriculum is not relevant for young children attending the program. In light of internationally recognized child pedagogy, Ethiopian O class teaches children of age 6 all solid subjects like any grade level. Therefore, the researcher recommends Ethiopian education policy developers need to involve professionals in the area.

Author : Subhan Zein,Maria R. Coady
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030762513

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Early Language Learning Policy in the 21st Century by Subhan Zein,Maria R. Coady Pdf

This volume analyses the policymaking, expectations, implementation, progress, and outcomes of early language learning in various education policy contexts worldwide. The contributors to the volume are international researchers specialising in language policy and early language learning and their contributions aim to advance scholarship on early language learning policies and inform policymaking at the global level. The languages considered include learning English as a second language in primary schools in Japan, Mexico, Serbia, Argentina, and Tanzania; Spanish language education in the US and Australia; Arabic as a second language in Israel and Bangladesh; Chinese in South America and Oceania; and finally, early German teaching and learning in France and the UK.

Author : M. Prinsloo,C. Stroud
Publisher : Springer
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781137309860

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Educating for Language and Literacy Diversity by M. Prinsloo,C. Stroud Pdf

Educators and researchers in variety of locations increasingly encounter linguistically and socio-culturally diverse groups of students in their classrooms and lecture halls. This book examines everyday forms of talk and writing in relation to standardised forms and schooling expectations to suggest ways forward in educational discourse.

Author : Caroline Barratt-Pugh,Mary Rohl
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000257779

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Literacy Learning in the Early Years by Caroline Barratt-Pugh,Mary Rohl Pdf

Children's early experiences of literacy have a major influence on how they continue to learn as they grow older. Children enter early childhood programs and school with a wealth of knowledge and understandings of literacy. It is critical that early childhood professionals and teachers recognise and build on this learning. Literacy Learning in the Early Years offers a practical introduction to literacy issues for early childhood professionals and teachers working with children aged 0-8, in childcare, preschool and school contexts. The authors take a socio-cultural approach to literacy learning, emphasising the importance of understanding the various contexts in which young children are involved in literacy practices. They explore a range of literacy issues that early childhood professionals and teachers are facing in the 21st century. These issues include the role of play in literacy learning, how to use information communication technologies with young children and ways of introducing critical literacy. Literacy is understood broadly and readers are encouraged to explore a range of print and other media with children. With chapters from both Australian and UK authors Literacy Learning in the Early Years is an ideal professional reference and student text. a very useful introductory text to literacy development in early childhood. It is clearly written and accessible to the wide range of professionals working with young children as well as to teachers and parents. It will be a valuable text in training at initial and in-service levels on a wide range of courses. Lesley Abbott, Professor of Early Childhood Education, Manchester Metropolitan University this well written, comprehensive book combines many practical examples of learning to do literacy and suggestions for action, and all the while engages the reader with questions and starting points for reflection. Susan Hill, Associate professor, The Centre for Studies in Literacy, University of South Australia