[en] In 2017, the new law declared multilingual education mandatory in Luxembourg where there are 65% of 4-year-old language minority children. To support teachers we offer a course in translanguaging that builds on children’s full linguistic repertoire. The study aims to foster home-school collaboration and children’s cognitive, linguistic and socio-emotional engagement in the classroom. Mixed methods are used: (1) focus groups, questionnaires, and language portraits with teachers, and (2) test in early literacy and numeracy in school and home language followed by video observations with children. Course challenges are teachers’ language separation assumption and high linguistic diversity in schools. Opportunities are teachers’ understanding that the focus is on children and not on languages. Close collaboration with organisational stakeholders is essential.
Disciplines :
Education & instruction
Author, co-author :
Aleksic, Gabrijela ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS)
Bebić, Džoen Dominique ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS)
External co-authors :
no
Language :
English
Title :
A professional development course in translanguaging: Challenges and opportunities
Publication date :
April 2020
Event name :
American Educational Research Association
Event organizer :
ONLINE
Event place :
San Francisco, United States
Event date :
17-04-2020 to 21-04-2020
Audience :
International
Focus Area :
Educational Sciences
FnR Project :
FNR12637907 - Translanguaging Programme For Teachers Working With Language Minority Preschool Children In Luxembourg, 2018 (01/02/2019-31/07/2021) - Gabrijela Aleksic
