Children's Language Use in ECEC in a Child Perspective
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| Title: | Children's Language Use in ECEC in a Child Perspective |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Ahrenkiel, Annegrethe, Holm, Lars, Eilenberg, Laura Østergaard |
| Source: | Ethnography and Education. 2021 16(4):420-436. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 17 |
| Publication Date: | 2021 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Early Childhood Education |
| Descriptors: | Ethnography, Child Care Centers, Foreign Countries, Language Usage, Early Childhood Education, Play, Video Technology, Preschool Children, Interaction Process Analysis, Language Acquisition, Rural Areas, Vocabulary Development, Childrens Attitudes |
| Geographic Terms: | Denmark |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17457823.2021.1943699 |
| ISSN: | 1745-7823 |
| Abstract: | With inspiration from research in linguistic ethnography and children's perspectives, this article examines children's language use in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) in a child perspective. The article is based on ethnographic fieldwork including video recordings from four children's entire days in a Danish day care centre. A multimodal analysis of an extended play sequence demonstrates how children's interactional language use is a creative and collective process that provides multiple opportunities to use and develop language practices, where children constantly align with each other to continue their common endeavours. The findings point to a need for broadening the conceptual understanding of language and of children's language learning as an integral part of children's everyday life in ECEC. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2021 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1309165 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | With inspiration from research in linguistic ethnography and children's perspectives, this article examines children's language use in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) in a child perspective. The article is based on ethnographic fieldwork including video recordings from four children's entire days in a Danish day care centre. A multimodal analysis of an extended play sequence demonstrates how children's interactional language use is a creative and collective process that provides multiple opportunities to use and develop language practices, where children constantly align with each other to continue their common endeavours. The findings point to a need for broadening the conceptual understanding of language and of children's language learning as an integral part of children's everyday life in ECEC. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-7823 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17457823.2021.1943699 |
