Building multilingual learning environments in early years education

Authors

  • Martin Dodman

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1970-2221/6207

Keywords:

language, learning, early years education, environmental and personal multilingualism

Abstract

This paper examines the early language development of children with particular reference to the importance of personal multilingualism and the reasons why this should be promoted in early years education. It is argued that such an objective is best achieved by building multilingual learning environments at the level of nursery and infant schools. The characteristics of such environments are described and ways of evaluating projects designed to build them are presented. 

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Published

2016-07-01

How to Cite

Dodman, M. (2016). Building multilingual learning environments in early years education. Ricerche Di Pedagogia E Didattica. Journal of Theories and Research in Education, 11(1), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1970-2221/6207

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Didactics: Theories, environments, and tools