Reflections of bilingualism on preschool education: An ethnographic case study

Su, Fatma Yalçin; Çetin, Abdullah

doi:10.17263/jlls.903403

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“…Not necessarily on language transfer but focusing on a Kurdish-Turkish bilingual preschool, Yalçın Su and Çetin (2021) provided an ethnographic view of the school culture in relation to the views of administrators, teachers, and students towards bilingualism. Most of the students in this school context spoke Kurdish as their L1, making the school the place they learned Turkish.…”

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Applied linguistics and language education research in Turkey: 2016–2022

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Aydınlı²

2023

Lang. Teach.

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This systematic review of 170+ journal articles showcases the current trends and developments in Turkey-based applied linguistics and language education research between 2016–2022. The current review presents similarities to the previous reviews (Alptekin & Tatar, 2011; Aydınlı & Ortaçtepe, 2018) in terms of trends and practices that indicate a vibrant research scene and a community of practice in Turkey within language education and applied linguistics research. While certain research areas such as instructional technologies remain widely popular among Turkey-based scholars, there has been growing interest in multiculturalism, social justice language education, critical pedagogy, and culturally responsive teaching. It was also clear in our analysis that the demands by the Higher Education Council for academic promotion exacerbated some of the already-existing challenges also noted in the previous reviews. Some of the concerns include pre- and post-test study designs that focus on practical concerns and outcomes rather than on processes that would lead to conceptual or theoretical development; and lack of engagement with broader (inter)disciplinary debates. We hope that this review will help establish conversations among fellow scholars in terms of future directions that applied linguistics and language education research in Turkey can take in order to contribute to the larger discussions in the field.

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Section: Classroom Processes and Instructional Practicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Applied linguistics and language education research in Turkey: 2016–2022

Hart

Aydınlı²

2023

Lang. Teach.

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Teacher’s Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Bilingualism: Implications For Early Childhood Education

Karademir

YILMAZ>

2023

International Journal of Educational Research Review

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Bilingual children face various challenges when they start school. They have difficulty communicating with peers and adapting to school and have poor academic performance. This paper investigated teachers’ views of and solutions to problems experienced by bilingual preschoolers. This study adopted a phenomenological research design. The sample consisted of 11 preschool teachers from provinces in Eastern Anatolia and Southeastern Anatolia regions. Data were collected using a semi-structured interview questionnaire developed by the researchers. The data were analyzed using inductive content analysis and presented in Tables with direct quotations from participant opinions. Participants stated that bilingual children had difficulty implementing receptive and expressive language skills, communicating with teachers, and obeying the classroom rules. Participants also noted that they had difficulty with classroom management and educational planning because they could not communicate with bilingual students. However, they reported that their bilingual students developed language skills in the later stages of preschool education. Teachers remarked that parental involvement and collaboration were critical. They advised their colleagues to be mentally and cognitively prepared, perform word-based teaching, collaborate with parents, and make use of books, songs, and rhymes.

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Türkiye’de Okul Öncesi Dönemde İki Dillilik Üzerine Yapılan Lisansüstü Tezlerin ve Makalelerin İncelenmesi (2007-2021)

ÜNYILMAZ

2022

Çocuk Ve Gelişim Dergisi

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Bilingualism is one of the leading topics that continues to be researched from various perspectives at full speed with interdisciplinary studies all over the world. Bilingualism continues to be studied with interest by researchers at a time when communication and transportation have become widespread and countries and nations communicate with each other more than ever before. As a result of its geopolitical position, its policies to adapt to the European Union accession process and the intense immigration, the concept of bilingualism in Turkey has started to be discussed from various perspectives for kindergartens. The aim of this research is to reveal the scope of postgraduate theses and articles on bilingualism in the preschool period between 2007-2021 in our country, where little research has been done on bilingualism in the pre-school period. In this respect, twenty-five graduate theses and twenty-one articles were reached, and these studies were examined according to the variables of “distribution by years, methods, subjects, sample/study group, data collection tool, data analysis techniques, languages studied and departments in which graduate theses were made”. As a result of the research, it was concluded that more studies were carried out in 2020 and 2021, case studies were preferred more, the subject of examining language development from various angles was more preferred, children were considered as samples the most, scales were preferred the most as the data collection tool, the studies are mostly conducted between Turkish and English languages, and it has been concluded that more studies are carried out in the pre-school education department among the postgraduate theses.

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Reflections of bilingualism on preschool education: An ethnographic case study

Cited by 3 publications

References 18 publications

Applied linguistics and language education research in Turkey: 2016–2022

Applied linguistics and language education research in Turkey: 2016–2022

Teacher’s Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Bilingualism: Implications For Early Childhood Education

Türkiye’de Okul Öncesi Dönemde İki Dillilik Üzerine Yapılan Lisansüstü Tezlerin ve Makalelerin İncelenmesi (2007-2021)

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