Classroom Practices in Early Foreign Language Teaching in Denmark: On the Role of Quantity and Quality of Exposure to English inside the Classroom

Maria Vanessa aus der Wieschen

Classroom Practices in Early Foreign Language Teaching in Denmark: On the Role of Quantity and Quality of Exposure to English inside the Classroom

Maria Vanessa aus der Wieschen

Publikation: Afhandling › Ph.d.-afhandling

Abstrakt

Denne afhandling udgør et ud af tre ph.d.-projekter i “Jo yngre, jo bedre”-projektet (Cadierno & Eskildsen, 2018.). Projektet, og dermed min afhandling, undersøger rollen af en tidlig sprogstart i skolen, som blev relevant i dansk kontekst i forbindelse med folkeskolereformen 2014, og som medførte at engelsk nu indføres i første klasse i folkeskolen, fremfor i tredje klasse. Deltagerne i projektet er 264 danske folkeskoleelever. Omkring halvdelen af dem har begyndt engelskundervisning i tredje klasse, som det var sædvanligt før folkeskolereformen. Den anden halvdel af eleverne i projektet er del af den første generation af elever som starter med engelsk i første klasse. Datamaterialet består både af resultater fra multiple-choice sprogtests og videooptagelser fra elevernes respektive første to års engelskundervisning. Min ph.d.-afhandling undersøger klasseværelsespraksissers rolle i tidlig fremmedsprogsundervisning ved at besvare tre forskningsspørgsmål: • Kan man se forskelle mellem elever der introduceres til engelsk tidligere (dvs. i første klasse) og senere (dvs. i tredje klasse) efter 2 års undervisning med henhold til deres sprogfærdighed og læringshastighed målt på receptivt ordforråd, receptiv grammatikforståelse, og receptiv fonologisk færdighed? • Hvilken rolle spiller kvaliteten og kvantiteten af den eksponering og brug af engelsk i elevernes sprogfærdighed og læringshastighed med hensyn til receptivt ordforråd, receptiv grammatikforståelse, og receptiv fonologisk færdighed? I hvilken grad er denne variabel egnet til at forklare læringshastighed og sprogfærdighed? • Hvordan skabes intersubjektivitet af deltagerne i tidlig engelskundervisning og hvordan fører det til læringsmomenter og mikrogenese?

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Status	Udgivet - 2017

Dokumenter og links

https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/files/forskning/phd/phd_hum/afhandlinger/2017/mwies_phd+(2).pdf?la=da&hash=A8303A1025199ABB250066DD1998E6E637FF0CB6

1 Kapitel i bog
1 Tidsskriftartikel

Embodied and occasioned learnables and teachables in early EFL classrooms
aus der Wieschen, M. V. & Eskildsen, S. W., feb. 2019, Conversation analytic perspectives on English language Learning, teaching and testing in global contexts. Nguyen, H. T. & Malabarba, T. (red.). Multilingual Matters, s. 31-59 (New Perspectives on Language Education).
Publikation: Kapitel i bog/rapport/konference-proceeding › Kapitel i bog › Forskning › peer review
Category-bound rights and obligations of young EFL learners in Denmark: The case of (extreme) differentiation
aus der Wieschen, M. V., 1. jan. 2018, I: Hacettepe University Journal of Education. 33, Special Issue, s. 156-178
Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review

Åben adgang

1 Bestyrelsesarbejde i virksomhed, forening eller organisation
1 Konferenceoplæg

Embodied and Occasioned Learnables and Teachables in Early EFL classrooms
Søren Wind Eskildsen (Oplægsholder) & Maria Vanessa aus der Wieschen (Oplægsholder)
20. mar. 2017
Aktivitet: Foredrag og mundtlige bidrag › Konferenceoplæg
HUMAN (Hacettepe University Micro-Analysis Network) Research Centre (Ekstern organisation)
Maria Vanessa aus der Wieschen (Medlem)
15. jun. 2015 → …
Aktivitet: Medlemskab › Bestyrelsesarbejde i virksomhed, forening eller organisation

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Classroom Practices in Early Foreign Language Teaching in Denmark: On the Role of Quantity and Quality of Exposure to English inside the Classroom

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