Multilingual and monolingual children in the primary-level language classroom: individual differences and perceptions of foreign language learning
Multilingual and monolingual children in the primary-level language classroom: individual differences and perceptions of foreign language learning
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小学语言课堂中的多语与单语儿童：个体差异与外语学习认知
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10.1080/09571736.2018.1471616
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2018
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Costley T
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现有的研究表明，掌握多种语言可能会为额外的语言学习带来优势。然而，迄今为止，很少有研究探讨了多种语言在小学课堂环境中的作用，特别是在外语学习中。我们调查了英语作为附加语言（EAL）的儿童在英国8-9岁的法语学习。EAL儿童和他们的单语同龄人在法语，他们的元语言意识和联想记忆的成就进行了测试。他们对语言和语言学习的态度进行了评估。观察了两个法语班，并采访了教师，以记录他们的方法来教法语的混合语言班和他们的看法的多语言性质的课堂。我们的研究结果表明，EAL儿童的多语言能力并没有作为一个潜在的促进工具。英语似乎是教学的唯一媒介和主要目的，其他语言被指定为次要角色。EAL儿童的表现类似于他们的单语同龄人的所有措施，英语水平与大多数措施。我们认为，虽然平等对待所有儿童显然是可取的，这将是同样可取的，利用其他语言的存在作为一种资源。
Existing research suggests that being multilingual may convey advantages for additional language learning. However, little research to date has examined the role of multiple languages in primary-school classroom settings and in foreign language learning in particular. We investigated the learning of French by children with English as an additional language (EAL) aged 8–9 in England. The EAL children and their monolingual peers were tested on their achievement in French, their metalinguistic awareness and associative memory. Their attitudes to languages and language learning were assessed. Two French classes were observed and teachers interviewed in order to document their approach to teaching French to a mixed-language class and their perceptions of the multilingual nature of the classroom. Our findings suggest that the EAL children’s multilingualism is not drawn upon as a potentially facilitative tool. English appears to be the only medium and the primary aim of instruction, with other languages assigned a subordinate role. The EAL children performed similarly to their monolingual peers on all measures, with level of English correlated with most measures. We argue that while an egalitarian treatment of all children is clearly desirable, it would be equally desirable to utilise the presence of other languages as a resource.
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