ERIC Number: EJ1235495
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 12
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ISSN: EISSN-2001-7480
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Beyond Borders-Digital Tablets as a Resource for Pre-School Children's Communication in a Minority Language
Petersen, Petra
Designs for Learning, v10 n1 p88-99 2018
In this video ethnographic study, a social semiotic approach has been used to explore how the use of digital tablets in preschools may enable children's communication in a minority language. The results show how preschool children use the emerging affordances of digital tablets in order to act as producers of minority language activities, where their prior knowledge is acknowledged. Applications such as Skype enable peers to communicate in a mutual language beyond the limitations of geographic preschool boundaries. Limitations, such as the lack of appropriate applications available in minority languages, are also discussed. Furthermore, a proposal is made to broaden the understanding of what could constitute multilingual activities.
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Handheld Devices, Multilingualism, Preschool Education, Video Technology, Ethnography, Semiotics, Communication Skills, Prior Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Videoconferencing, Peer Relationship, Swedish, Bilingualism, Finno Ugric Languages, Language of Instruction, Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, Computer Software, Dictionaries, Multimedia Materials, Preschool Children
Stockholm University Press. Stockholm University Library, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden. Web site: https://www.designsforlearning.nu
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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