Det gäller att vara konkret! : En kvalitativ studie om fyra pedagogers syn på tvåspråkiga barns språkutveckling i en förskola och i en förskoleklass

• Main Author: Mankand, Gertud
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Södertörns högskola, Lärarutbildningen 2012
• Subjects: Bilingualism; multilingualism; language development work; preschool; preschool class; Tvåspråkighet; flerspråkighet; språkutvecklande arbete; förskola; förskoleklass
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-16381

The study is based on Lev Vygotskijs and John Dewey's learning theory. Such is “the zone for immediate development” and “learning by doing”. Purpose: The study's purpose was to examine how four teachers´ work with bilingual children's language development in a preschool and in a preschool class. These questions will be answered in my study: 1). which view of bilingualism have been the educators? 2). which language development approach has been the educators of preschool/ preschool class have chosen to promote the bilingual children's language development in the Swedish language? 3). what similarities and differences, I find the teachers' way of working with bilingual children? Method: To investigate and answer the purpose of this study was therefore qualitative approach through interviews are used. Results: The results show that both teachers in a preschool and preschool class are working with language development in order to encourage bilingual children's language development. Conclusions: The conclusions are to be able to speak several languages is an asset. Teachers should encourage bilingual children to speak their native language. To encourage bilingual children's language development using a variety of language development methods in the form of music, singing, rhymes and chants. Reading many books and to retell.